Overview

• Leh stays under curfew with mobile internet suspended as the lieutenant governor leads a security review and limited relaxations are considered.
• Police chief S D Singh Jamwal says forces fired in self-defence to stop wider arson, blames activist Sonam Wangchuk for instigation, and flags an investigation into possible Pakistan links.
• Wangchuk is detained under the National Security Act and lodged in Jodhpur, while the Home Ministry cancels SECMOL’s FCRA licence and agencies examine funding tied to HIAL.
• The Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance deny any foreign role and demand a judicial probe into alleged indiscriminate firing, with Wangchuk’s wife also rejecting link and funding allegations.
• Opposition leaders, led by Rahul Gandhi, call for Sixth Schedule protections and a judicial inquiry, as preparatory talks with the Home Ministry are rescheduled to September 29 ahead of an October 6 meeting.