Kargil, Sep 25: An eerie calm prevailed across Ladakh on Thursday with massive deployment of Police and paramilitary forces in Leh and Kargil following Wednesday’s violent protests in which four civilians were killed and over 80 were injured.

Authorities imposed curfew in Leh and prohibitory restrictions in Kargil, Nubra, Zanskar, Padam, Changthang, Drass, and Lamayuru to prevent further unrest.

The protests erupted after two elderly participants of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s hunger strike were hospitalised, prompting the youth wing of the Leh Apex Body (LAB) to call for demonstrations.

What began as a protest over the demand for statehood and Sixth Schedule status descended into arson and clashes as mobs set ablaze the BJP office, vandalised the LAHDC building, and damaged vehic

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