Overview

• Curfew and mobile internet restrictions continue in Leh for a fifth day after police firing during September 24 clashes left four dead and many injured.
• DGP S D Singh Jamwal says forces opened fire in self-defence to avert wider destruction, citing 70–80 injured personnel and arson that included the BJP office.
• Sonam Wangchuk is detained under the National Security Act in Jodhpur as the Home Ministry cancels SECMOL’s FCRA licence and agencies review alleged FCRA issues linked to HIAL.
• Police say an investigation is examining possible Pakistan links and “provocative” speeches referencing the Arab Spring, while the Leh Apex Body and Wangchuk’s wife reject foreign involvement and seek a judicial inquiry.
• Minutes from 2019 show the NCST formally recommended Sixth Schedule safeguards for Ladakh with no objection from three Union ministries, and opposition leaders now press the government to grant those protections.