After the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk two days after a protest took a violent turn in Leh city of Ladakh, his wife Gitanjali Angmo on Friday (September 27, 2025) said that the police later called her over the phone to say that Mr. Wangchuk was being flown to Jodhpur in Rajasthan.

Ms. Angmo told The Hindu that hundreds of policemen came to his village Uletokpo, around 60 k.m. from Leh, on Friday (September 26, 2025) afternoon and detained him under the National Security Act (NSA). Later, over the phone, they told her that a copy of the detention order would be served soon to the family.

While a senior government official told The Hindu that the activist was detained under the NSA, there was no official statement by the Ladakh administration or the Ministry of Home

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