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Activities of Sonam Wangchuk ‘prejudicial to national security’: Leh DM to Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff - 14 October, 2025

The Leh DM stated that when Sonam Wangchuk was detained on 26th September 2025, the activist was “categorically informed both of the factum of his detention under the National Security Act, 1980, as well as the factum of his transfer to Central Jail, Jodhpur, Rajasthan”.

Supreme Court questions wife of Sonam Wangchuk for not approaching High Court first, turns down oral request for a meeting with ‘activist-husband’ in jail

OpIndia Staff - 6 October, 2025

For the uninitiated, Sonam Wangchuk is currently in jail in Jodhpur. His wife has claimed that the 'activist' has been illegally detained and has sought his immediate release.

Crime

Ladakh administration announces Magisterial Inquiry into Leh violence, public asked to provide information by 18 October

OpIndia Staff - 2 October, 2025

The Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council has initiated a magisterial inquiry into the violent clashes that occurred in Leh on September 24, 2025, which...

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UK-based ‘The Guardian’ backs Sonam Wangchuk while questioning the Modi government’s handling of violence

शिव - 28 September, 2025

The initial part of the report has tried to show that the Modi government, cannot hear its protest, and Wangchuk was jailed only because he had raised his voice against the govt.

Crime

Ladakh DGP says arrested Pakistani spy had links with Sonam Wangchuk, raises concerns over his recent Pakistan and Bangladesh visits

OpIndia Staff - 27 September, 2025

A day after controversial activist Sonam Wangchuk was arrested for Leh violence, the police have claimed that he had links with Pakistan’s intelligence agencies....

Crime

Leh violence: Controversial activist Sonam Wangchuk arrested under NSA before his press conference

OpIndia Staff - 26 September, 2025

The Central government accused Sonam Wangchuk of delivering provocative speeches in an alleged attempt to pull off “Arab Spring-style protests" and “Gen Z protests in Nepal”.

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Two days after viral news, Ladakh Congress leader claims he was not involved in violence, party threatens criminal proceedings against media and netizens

OpIndia Staff - 26 September, 2025

Two days after the viral photos and videos, Congress councillor Phuntsog Stanzin Tsepag has issued a statement, shared by Alt News' Md Zubair, saying that the person in the viral photos and images is not him.

Centre cancels FCRA licence of Sonam Wangchuk’s NGO after Ladakh unrest

OpIndia Staff - 25 September, 2025

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has revoked the FCRA licence of Sonam Wangchuk’s non-profit, the Himalayan Institute of Alternative Learning (HIAL), citing repeated violations of India’s foreign funding laws for NGOs.

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