Overview

• Wangchuk was detained under the National Security Act on September 26 and remains lodged in Jodhpur Central Jail.
• Gitanjali J. Angmo has filed a habeas corpus petition in the Supreme Court seeking his immediate release and disclosure of the detention grounds.
• She says she has received no copy of the detention order and has had no contact with her husband since his custody, alleging a procedural breach.
• Authorities accuse Wangchuk of incitement through provocative speeches and have flagged an alleged foreign link, while the Ladakh administration rejects claims of a witch-hunt.
• The detention followed September 24 protests in Leh over statehood and Sixth Schedule status that turned violent, leaving four dead, as probes continue and SECMOL’s FCRA licence stands revoked.