Overview

• Ladakh Lt Governor Kavinder Gupta chaired a security review and stated the Union Territory remains peaceful with schools, offices and markets reopened.
• The Leh Apex Body called the appearance of normalcy an illusion, alleging continuing arrests, urging restoration of mobile internet, and protesting the questioning of village headmen.
• Prohibitory orders against large gatherings remain in force, mobile internet is still suspended, and most educational institutions beyond Class 8 are not functioning.
• Talks with the Centre’s High-Powered Committee were cancelled after the Apex Body Leh and Kargil Democratic Alliance pulled out, insisting on a judicial probe and the release of detainees including Sonam Wangchuk.
• Officials said about 70 youths were detained after the violence, around 30 have been released, and the rest are in judicial custody, while the administration blamed vested interests and reiterated a readiness for dialogue.