Srinagar: The Centre’s dialogue with Ladakh leaders has collapsed after both Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) pulled out of scheduled talks, even as curfew was relaxed in Leh on Monday with a sweeping internet shutdown following last week’s violent clashes.

A day after LAB walked away from the October 6 meeting, KDA co-chairman Asgar Ali Karbalai announced in New Delhi on Tuesday that his group too would stay away unless climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and other detainees are released and a judicial inquiry is ordered into the September 24 police firing that killed four protesters.

“We dismiss all allegations of the UT administration and MHA. Sonam Wangchuk, who is a hero of the country, should be immediately released,” Karbalai said, condemning attempts to brand

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