Overview
- A three-member advisory board chaired by former judge M. K. Hanjura held a nearly three-hour review on October 24 at Jodhpur Central Jail, with members Manoj Parihar and Spalzes Angmo present.
- Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J. Angmo, attended as his permitted “friend” and has also moved the Supreme Court challenging the detention, with a hearing listed for October 29.
- In an affidavit, Angmo alleges the Intelligence Bureau and Rajasthan Police surveilled her during October 7 and 11 jail visits, including escorts from the airport and monitoring of conversations.
- No details from the proceedings were released, and the advisory board’s confidential recommendation under the NSA will determine whether the detention continues beyond the initial period.
- Wangchuk was detained on September 26 after protests in Leh turned violent, leaving four dead, as authorities cite public order concerns; he remains on a hunger strike urging an independent judicial inquiry into the killings.