New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has appointed former Supreme Court judge Justice B.S. Chauhan to conduct a judicial inquiry into the violent incidents that erupted in Leh on September 24, 2025. The violence, which occurred during protests demanding statehood for Ladakh, resulted in the deaths of four individuals.

According to the order issued by the Department of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh Affairs on October 17, the inquiry will examine the events leading to the breakdown of law and order, the subsequent police action, and the circumstances surrounding the fatalities.

An FIR (No. 144/2025) has already been registered at the Leh Police Station under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, including Sections 189, 191, 190, 115, 118, 326, 324, 309, 109, 117,

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