{"id":28337,"date":"2026-09-24T20:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28337"},"modified":"2026-09-24T20:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:21:15","slug":"wangchuk-fears-encounter-after-accusing-govt-of-ladakh-atrocities-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28337","title":{"rendered":"Wangchuk fears ‘encounter’ after accusing govt of Ladakh atrocities | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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SRINAGAR<\/span>: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk<\/a> said Thursday he feared he could be subjected to an \u201cencounter\u201d for speaking out against what he called atrocities in Ladakh, a year after police firing killed four protesters in Leh.Drawing a comparison with Tibet, Wangchuk said Ladakhis had chosen India because of its democracy. \u201cToday, such atrocities are being committed in Ladakh that even China is not doing in Tibet. That is what you are seeing today,\u201d he said, addressing a gathering on the first anniversary of the police firing on Sept 24, 2025.He sought a people\u2019s tribunal to probe the killings, saying a judicial commission set up by Union home ministry had yet to submit its report.\u201cLast year on this day, four people died… Bullets hit their chests, backs, and heads. Those were not pellets that would merely injure you or hurt your eyes. Bullets were fired indiscriminately from automatic weapons, like AK-47s, at the unarmed youth of Ladakh who were peacefully demanding their rights,\u201d Wangchuk alleged.He rejected claims that the protests were triggered by him. He alleged that before the 2020 LAHDC-Leh elections, Ladakhi representatives opposed to holding polls were taken to New Delhi on a special flight and promised statehood and Sixth Schedule status. He blamed \u201cgovt failure to honour those promises\u201d for last year\u2019s demonstrations.Authorities imposed curfew-like restrictions in Leh after the alleged \u201carson and rioting\u201d and subsequent police firing. FIRs were filed and 81 people arrested, including Wangchuk. He was charged under NSA and sent to Jodhpur jail. After 170 days, Union govt withdrew his detention on March 14 this year and he was set free.<\/p>\n

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