Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali Angmo Wangchuk, on Tuesday, 30 September, dismissed the Centre’s claims linking her husband to Pakistan, calling the allegations baseless.

Speaking at a press conference in Delhi, Angmo said that all the narratives being spread about Sonam, the Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), and the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh (HIAL), are completely false and called them “outright lies”.

Wangchuk was arrested on 24 September under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), after clashes between security forces and protesters during a shutdown in Leh left four people dead and dozens injured.

He was among more than 50 people taken into custody and has since been held in Jodhpur Central Jail.

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