Overview
- Detained since September 26 after a 15-day fast over Sixth Schedule protections and Ladakh statehood, following violence in Leh that left four people dead.
- He remains in solitary confinement in Jodhpur jail, sleeping on blankets on a barrack floor without a bed or furniture and with little space to walk.
- Outside contact is limited to family and lawyers, with no phone or television, and newspapers provided to him have items about him or Ladakh removed.
- He spends his days meditating, practising yoga, reading widely and drafting a jail memoir likely titled “Forever Positive,” and he has requested books on ants and sundials.
- Family can deliver some fruits and homemade snacks but not sun-dried apricots, and his wife says jail staff have been courteous within rules and sometimes seek his educational advice.