Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife, Gitanjali Angmo, on Friday, alleged that her movement is under constant surveillance and that one of her staff members was detained and being treated "inhumanely" by the police.
Wangchuk was detained under the National Security Act (NSA) and shifted to Jodhpur Central Jail in Rajasthan for allegedly inciting violent protests in the Union Territory.
While addressing a gathering at the iconic Dasara Melava in Dadar West's Shivaji Park, Thackeray defended Wangchuk as a patriot, citing his contributions to the country, where he helped the Indian Army jawans stationed at Ladakh with the development of solar-heated tents.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday called Congress MP Rahul Gandhi a fearless leader and defended the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition's recent statements in Colombia regarding the threat to democracy in India, saying that he said whatever is happening in the country.
Calling Wangchuk an "inventor, and a social activist", RK Meghwal criticised the Leh administration for the violence, claiming police fired first on the protesters which led to the violence. Saying that Wangchuk has always been against violence, Meghwal mentioned how the climate activist had
Wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk and CEO of Himalayan Institute of Alternatives (HAIL), Gitanjali J Angmo, on Thursday slammed the Centre and alleged police torture against the people of Ladakh after the September 24 violence in the Union Territory.
The residents of Leh City in Ladakh are enjoying the relaxation of the curfew on Thursday. The curfew was enforced after the violence on September 24, which claimed the lives of four people.
Angmo has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Kavinder Gupta, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, and also the Leh District Collector, which she published on X too.