The Congress Monday said it was outrageous that ex-serviceman Tsewang Tharchin, a Kargil War veteran, was among those killed in firing by the security forces in Ladakh.

In a post on X, Congress general secretary, in charge, communications, Jairam Ramesh said Tharchin served at the Siachen Glacier and fought valiantly in the 1999 Kargil War.

His father, too, served in the Indian Army, he said.

Tsewang Tharchin was protesting peacefully for Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh. It should be a matter of the deepest anguish and outrage that he was killed along with three others in the firing on the agitationists five days back, Ramesh said.

Curfew remained in force for the sixth day in violence-hit Leh Monday, with Lt Governor Kavinder Gupta set to chair a meeting to review the overall securit

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