of Ladakh leh All restrictions were lifted in the district on Wednesday, which were imposed 22 days ago following violent protests demanding statehood and the Sixth Schedule. Four people were killed and more than 80 people were injured in this violence.
In fact, on September 24, the Leh district administration had banned the gathering of five or more persons under the Indian Civil Security Code (BNSS), Section 163. According to officials, there was no incident of any kind of violence during this ban.
District Magistrate Romil Singh Donk issued an order to remove all restrictions with immediate effect. He said that the restrictions were imposed to maintain peace and public order.
The report of the Senior Superintendent of Police also recommended lifting the restrictions, stating that there was no immediate threat to breach of peace or public order. The DM said in the order, “I withdraw all the restrictions imposed under the order issued here on September 24 with immediate effect.”
6 leaders also got bail
During this period, six leaders also got bail. These include Congress’ Upper Leh councilor Stanjin Phuntsog Tsepak, Kunjes Dolma (Ladakh Buddhist Association women’s wing chief), Irfan Bari (Anjuman Moin-ul-Islam), and Leh Apex Body (LAB)’s Padma Stanjin, Jigmet Paljor and Stanjin Chopsel. All of them were arrested in police action after the violence last month.
The police had detained more than 70 youth, half of whom were granted bail last week. The Leh apex body and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) have set a condition for resumption of talks with the Centre, demanding the release of all detainees, judicial inquiry into the violence and appropriate compensation for the families of those killed and seriously injured.
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