Detained climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has said he is prepared to remain in jail until an independent judicial inquiry is ordered into the deaths of four persons in the September 24 police firing during protests in Leh.

Wangchuk has been detained under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) in Jodhpur jail.

His message was conveyed by Mustafa Haji, legal adviser of the Leh Apex Body, and Tsetan Dorjey Ley, the activist’s elder brother, after they met him in the jail on Saturday.

Notably, the Leh Apex Body (LAB) is one of the two groups spearheading the ongoing movement for statehood and safeguards under the Constitution's Sixth Schedule.

This was the first meeting of Wangchuk with his brother and lawyer since his detention. Wangchuk’s wife Gitanjali J Angmo has been repeatedly say

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