“Who shoots at their own people?” asks Sonam Wangchuk’s wife after climate activist’s arrest

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“We strongly condemn the DGP’s statements. Not only I, but everyone in Ladakh denounces those allegations,” Angmo told ANI.

Describing the events as “very unfortunate,” she questioned the role of security forces. “We ask: Who gave the CRPF orders to open fire? Who shoots at their own people, their own citizens? Especially in an area where there has never been a violent demonstration,” she said.

Rejecting claims that her husband had instigated any unrest, she insisted Wangchuk was engaged in peaceful protest elsewhere, saying, “What could Sonam Wangchuk have instigated? He had no idea about all this. He was somewhere else, where he was on a hunger strike.”

She also accused the police of working with an “agenda”.

“Whatever the DGP is saying, he has an agenda. They don’t wan