Updated On: 27 September, 2025 04:16 PM IST | Leh | mid-day online correspondent
The Ladakh Police chief described the environmentalist as the key figure behind Wednesday’s violence that left four people dead and scores injured. On Friday, Wangchuk was detained under the National Security Act and sent to a jail in Jodhpur, Rajasthan

The police chief also pointed to some of Sonam Wangchuk’s foreign visits, calling them suspicious. File pic
Ladakh Director General of Police SD Singh Jamwal on Saturday said Sonam Wangchuk is being investigated for allegedly having links with Pakistan, following last month’s arrest of an intelligence operative from the neighbouring country who had reportedly sent videos of the environment activist’s protests across the border, news agency PTI reported.
Jamwal described Wangchuk as the key figure behind Wednesday’s violence that left four people dead and scores injured.