Overview

• Police took Sonam Wangchuk into custody in Leh on Friday under the National Security Act and transferred him to Jodhpur Central Jail.
• The Ladakh administration said his speeches and videos, including references to the Arab Spring and Nepal agitations, incited the September 24 violence in which institutions and vehicles were torched.
• Authorities imposed curfew-like restrictions in Leh and suspended mobile internet as investigations continue into clashes that left at least four people dead and many injured.
• The Union home ministry cancelled the FCRA licence of Wangchuk’s NGO SECMOL, and the CBI opened inquiries into organisations linked to him over alleged foreign funding violations.
• Ladakh’s police chief said probes are examining alleged Pakistan links and other foreign contacts, while opposition leaders condemned the detention and called for a judicial inquiry into the killings.