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Ladakh Talks Falter After Leh Firing as Groups Reject Magisterial Probe

Talks slated for October 6 look doubtful, with Ladakh bodies insisting on a judicial inquiry and the release of all detainees before returning to the table.

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Overview

  • The Centre has reached out to local leaders and 26 of roughly 50 people detained after the September 24 violence have been granted bail and released.
  • Apex Body Leh and the Kargil Democratic Alliance say they will not join the October 6 meeting unless a judicial probe is ordered and all detainees, including Sonam Wangchuk, are freed.
  • The administration has imposed curfew, cut mobile internet, and announced a magisterial inquiry into the police firing, which local groups have rejected as insufficient.
  • Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk is being held under the National Security Act and has been moved to a jail in Jodhpur, a detention that has become a key sticking point.
  • Leaders at public forums, including a JNU event, questioned the legality of the police and CRPF firing that left four dead and dozens injured and described overwhelmed hospitals and deepening mistrust.