Climate activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk was arrested on Friday under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), two days after protests in Leh demanding statehood and the Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh left four persons dead and nearly 100 injured.

Wangchuk was taken into custody by a team led by Ladakh Police chief SD Singh Jamwal at 2.30 pm. The police shifted Wangchuk to a jail in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, while the UT administration snapped mobile Internet within the jurisdiction of Leh district as a precautionary measure, said officials.

Sources said the activist was supposed to join a virtual press briefing from his village when he was arrested. “We have also heard about the arrest, which is very unfortunate,” Chering Dorjey Lakrook, co-convener of Leh Apex Body (LAB), told T

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