At least four people were killed and over 50 injured in Leh on Wednesday in a protest called by the Youth Wing of the Ladakh Apex Body (LAB) over demand for Statehood and the Sixth Schedule for the region.

Ladakh was separated from Jammu and Kashmir after the BJP made the Article 370 move, splitting Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories — Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Ever since, the people of Ladakh, comprising the districts of Buddhist-majority Leh and Kargil, predominantly Muslim, have been demanding Statehood and the Sixth Schedule for the region to protect its unique identity.

VIDEO | Leh, Ladakh: Police fired teargas shells and resorted to baton charge after a group of youths allegedly turned violent and pelted stones amid a massive protest and shutdown.

The protest was hel

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