Sonam Wangchuk, a climate activist turned Ladakhi Statehood campaigner, impressed upon the Supreme Court that malice on the part of authorities was at the bottom of his detention, evident from the fact that local authorities chose to “hide” his public messages calling for peace after protests for Statehood led to violence and multiple deaths.
Two days after the violence, Mr. Wangchuk was detained under the National Security Act (NSA), 1980 on September 26, 2025, and then shifted to the Jodhpur Central Jail in Rajasthan.
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Opening the case for his release before a Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P.B. Varale on Thursday, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for both Mr. Wangchuk and his wife Gitanjali Angmo, submitted that “his messages for peace were misconceived as calls for violence”.
‘Deliberate malice’
