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Ladakh Violence: On Wednesday, four people died and more than 80 people were injured in widespread clashes in Leh. There were arson and clashes on the roads.
Ladakh violence: Curfew was imposed on Thursday in violence affected Leh. Police and paramilitary forces took at least 50 people into custody while strictly followed by curfew. A day earlier in Leh, four people were killed and more than 80 people were injured in widespread clashes. The agitation here on Wednesday became violent to demand state status to Ladakh and during this time there was arson and clashes on the roads. Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk ended her hunger strike for 15 days after taking violent form of continuing agitation for giving Ladakh status to Ladakh and expanding the sixth schedule. The youth branch of Leh Apex Body (LAB) called for protests and bandh as two of the 15 people sitting on a 35 -day hunger strike from September 10 were admitted to the hospital after the condition deteriorated on Tuesday evening.
Next conversation with government on October 6
The gathering of five or more individuals has also been banned in several major cities, including Kargil, where the shutdown was called by the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) in support of Wangchuk, who was leading the hunger strike. The protesters set the BJP office and several vehicles on fire. Also, the ‘Hill Council’ was vandalized at the headquarters, due to which indefinite curfew was imposed in the city. A police officer told PTI that the situation in curfew areas is completely under control. There is no news of any untoward incident from anywhere. He said that about 50 people were detained overnight on charges of involvement in the violence. The official said that there are three Nepal citizens among the injured and the police is investigating whether there are foreign hands behind the violence. LAB and KDA have been leading the movement for the last four years and their demands for expansion of state status and the sixth schedule. He has had several rounds of talks with the central government. The next round of talks are to be held on October 6.
Paramilitary forces landed on the road
Officials said that police and paramilitary forces equipped with anti -riot equipment have been deployed in Kargil, Janskar, Nubra, Padam, Changtang, Dras and Lamayuru. Rakesh Kumar, District Magistrate of Kargil, issued a prohibition under Section 163 of the Indian Civil Protection Code in the entire district, under which five or more persons were gathered, collected, taken out, taking out processions, taking out processions, taking out a procession without pre -written permission of the competent authority. The Center on Wednesday alleged that violence erupted in Ladakh due to inflammatory statements by activist Sonam Wangchuk. Some politically inspired people are not happy with the progress in the conversation between the government and the representatives of the Ladakhi groups. The Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement that the government is committed to fulfill the aspirations of the people of Ladakh by providing adequate constitutional security measures. Describing the events as heart-wrenching, the Lieutenant Governor Kavindra Gupta said that in the democratic system, everyone has the right to speak in a peaceful manner, but what happened was not automatically spontaneous, but the result of a conspiracy.
Wangchuk appealed for peace
Kavindra Gupta said that curfew has been imposed as a precautionary measure to stop more loss of life. Wangchuk had said at the online press conference that a 72 -year -old man and a 62 -year -old woman, two of the protesters, were taken to the hospital on Tuesday. Said that it was probably an immediate cause of violent opposition. He appealed for peace when the situation deteriorated rapidly. He announced that he was ending his fast. Wangchuk had told his supporters gathered in large numbers at the movement site that I request the youth of Ladakh to stop the violence immediately as it damages our objective and worse the situation. We do not want instability in Ladakh and the country. He had said that this is Ladakh and me personally the most tragic day because the path we are walking for the last five years was peaceful. We went on hunger strike on five occasions and walked from Leh to Delhi, but today we are seeing our message of peace failing due to incidents of violence and arson.
