The Leh District Magistrate has informed the Supreme Court that climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has not yet made any representation to the detaining authority challenging his preventive detention under the National Safety Act (PSA).

In an affidavit filed before the apex court, the District Magistrate stated that the detention order was passed on September 26 after due consideration of all the material placed before him, and that it was based on credible inputs indicating that Wangchuk was “indulging in activities prejudicial to national security.”

He was kept under detention following the violent protests in Ladakh over demands for statehood.

Rejecting the allegations of illegal detention, the affidavit further asserts that Wangchuk's wife was immediately informed about his arrest by th

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