Gitanjali J Angmo, activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, has filed a petition before the Supreme Court challenging his detention under the National Security Act.

Angmo filed the habeas corpus petition seeking Wangchuk’s immediate release on Thursday. A habeas corpus is a petition through which a court can order the authorities to produce a person before it to verify if they have been lawfully detained.

The Supreme Court is currently on Dussehra vacation and will reopen on Monday.

Wangchuk was arrested in Leh on September 26, two days after four persons were killed in police firing during protests seeking statehood for Ladakh. He was later taken to a jail in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur .

The police firing and violence broke out on September 24 during protests demanding statehood for Lad

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