Overview

• Police said Stenzin Dorjay, a Ladakh Buddhist Association general council member, died by hanging at his home early Wednesday.
• Investigators reported no suicide note and cited preliminary evidence that he had consumed heavy alcohol the previous night.
• A post-mortem was completed and the body was released to his family as inquest proceedings get underway.
• LBA president Chering Dorjay Lakruk said Dorjay backed the push for statehood and Sixth Schedule safeguards.
• Family members said he grew depressed following the 24 September violence that left four dead, and he was known to admire activist Sonam Wangchuk, detained under the NSA on 26 September.