Overview
- UT authorities said Wangchuk’s speeches and videos referencing the Arab Spring and Nepal agitations incited the September 24 unrest that left four dead and over 80 injured.
- Leh remains under curfew and mobile internet is suspended, with educational institutions ordered shut for two days as security forces maintain tight restrictions.
- The Home Ministry has cancelled SECMOL’s FCRA licence, citing violations including two improper deposits and a Rs 4.93 lakh foreign receipt it deemed against national interest.
- The CBI has opened inquiries into Wangchuk-linked organisations, while the administration said moving him to Jodhpur was necessary to prevent further disruption of public order.
- Wangchuk’s wife and regional leaders rejected the incitement charge, called the detention unjust, sought a judicial probe into police firing, and said dialogue with the Centre remains scheduled for October 6.