A complaint by Gitanjali Angmo, the wife of detained activist Sonam Wangchuk, in the Supreme Court, that the state and its agencies watch her every step, intervene, and even whisk her away in vehicles with curtains drawn over windows, raises the question of whether the personal freedom and right to free movement of a family member of a person restrained under the National Security Act is also forfeit.

Mr. Wangchuk was detained under the National Security Act (NSA), 1980 following violent protests on September 24 in Leh. He has been shifted to the Jodhpur Central Jail.

Ms. Angmo related to the apex court how Intelligence Bureau (IB) officers and the Rajasthan Police intercepted her the moment she landed and came out of the airport on the two occasions she visited Mr. Wangchuk at the Jo

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