Leh: Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk was arrested on Friday, two days after violent protests demanding statehood rocked Leh, leaving four people dead and nearly 90 others injured.

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directly blamed Wangchuk for instigating the unrest.

The arrest also comes a day after the MHA cancelled the registration of Wangchuk’s non-profit ‘Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh’ (SECMOL) to receive contributions from abroad under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act or FCRA, 2010.

Following the clashes, curfew was imposed in Leh and Kargil to restore order. Ladakh Police have registered multiple FIRs and detained over 50 people.

Officials said that mobs resorted to arson, targeting the BJP office, the Hill Council building, and several

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