Overview

• Police used teargas and baton charges, and multiple outlets reported firing, with officials saying dozens were injured including security personnel.
• Protesters set the local BJP office ablaze and torched vehicles, including a security vehicle near the party headquarters in Leh.
• The Leh district administration invoked Section 163 of the BNSS to ban gatherings and processions, and additional CRPF units were deployed to restore order.
• Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his hunger strike and urged youths to stop the violence after two elderly fasters were hospitalised, which organisers cited as the trigger.
• The Centre has scheduled talks with Ladakhi representatives for October 6 on statehood and Sixth Schedule demands, though protest leaders are pushing to bring the meeting forward.