Overview

• Wangchuk remains held under the National Security Act in Jodhpur Central Jail after the September 24 Leh unrest in which four people were killed and around 80 were injured.
• The Ladakh administration says law enforcement acted on credible inputs and documents, alleging Wangchuk made provocative references to an ‘Arab Spring’ and self-immolation, and stating grounds of detention were served.
• The home ministry has revoked SECMOL’s FCRA licence, and agencies are probing HIAL for alleged foreign-funding lapses and issuing degrees despite not being a recognised university.
• Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali Angmo, says she has not received the detention order, alleges a ‘witch-hunt,’ reports curtailed media access, and rejects insinuations about Pakistan links.
• Student unions have petitioned the home minister for a judicial inquiry, lifting of restrictions and releases, while CPI-M MP Amra Ram says he was denied permission to meet Wangchuk at Jodhpur jail.