Ladakh L-G Reviews Security Situation In Leh, Calls For Heightened Vigilance

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Ladakh L-G Reviews Security Situation In Leh, Calls For Heightened Vigilance

Several protesters turned violent on Wednesday and set the BJP office in Leh and several vehicles on fire.

Leh: A day after four persons were killed and more than 80 others were injured in widespread clashes amid a shutdown in Ladakh, Lieutenant Governor of the Union territory, Kavinder Gupta, on Thursday chaired a security review meeting here and called for heightened vigilance to safeguard peace.

The shutdown and protest was called by a constituent of the Leh Apex Body (LAB) in support of their demand to advance the proposed talks with the Centre on the extension of the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution and statehood to Ladakh.

“The lieutenant governor chaired a high-level sec