SC notice to Centre on plea challenging Wangchuk's detention

SC notice to Centre on plea challenging Wangchuk's detention

NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre and Union Territory of Ladakh on a plea filed by Sonam Wangchuk's wife Gitanjali J Angmo challenging the climate activist's detention under the National Security Act, and seeking his immediate release.

However, a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria refused to pass any order on providing grounds of detention to Wangchuk's wife and posted the matter for hearing on October 14.

Wangchuk was detained under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) on September 26, two days after protests demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh left four people dead and 90 injured in the Union territory.

Wangchuk is currently lodged in Jodhpur jail. He was arrested under the National Security Act (NSA) on 26 September, accused of inciting violence in Leh on 24 September. Four people were killed in the violence.

Apart from Wangchuk, 26 of the 56 protesters imprisoned in Leh’s local jail were released on 2 October, as they were not charged under serious offences. Thirty people remain in jail.
 

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