Sonam Wangchuk’s wife writes to President Murmu for his release, seeks intervention on ‘witch-hunt’

Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J. Angmo, on Wednesday (October 1, 2025) reached out to President Droupadi Murmu to seek her intervention for the release of the climate activist, who has been lodged in Jodhpur jail in Rajasthan since being taken into custody following the September 24 violent clashes in Ladakh.

In a three-page letter addressed to the president, Mr. Wangchuk’s wife alleged "witchhunt" against her husband for espousing the cause of the people over the past four years and said she is completely unaware about her husband's condition.