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Ladakh protest live updates: 4 killed, over 50 injured as statehood agitation turns violent in Leh; curfew imposed

Posted on: Sep 24, 2025 15:19 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
Ladakh protest live updates: 4 killed, over 50 injured as statehood agitation turns violent in Leh; curfew imposed
LAdakh dissent unrecorded updates: At to the lowest degree quartet people were killed and o'er 50 were injured after a massive agitation over demands for statehood and other things turned violent in Leh on Wednesday.Police fired teargas and used batons after a section of demonstrators allegedly turned violent and pelted stones. The protestors also torched the BJP office in Leh, according to ANI.They were demanding statehood for Ladakh and advancing the proposed talks with the Centre on the extension of the Sixth Schedule.According to news agency PTI, the youth wing of the LAB had called for a 35-day hunger strike starting September 10. During the strike, two people out of 15 were hospitalised, which reportedly triggered the youth wing's call for protest and shutdown.The fresh protests in Ladakh come days after the Leh Apex Body (LAB) vowed to continue the hunger strike until their demands of statehood and inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule are met.Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was also part of the ongoing agitation in the region, called off his 15-day hunger strike and issued an appeal for peace.What we know about the protest in Ladakh:-The movement for extending the Sixth Schedule to Ladakh has been gathering pace for some time in the region.-The Constitution's Sixth Schedule, meant for the tribal population of the four northeast states of Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Assam, makes special provisions in terms of governance, powers of president and the governor, type of local bodies, alternate judicial mechanisms and financial powers exercised through autonomous councils.-A fresh round of talks between the Ministry of Home Affairs and members of the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) is scheduled for October 6.-The two bodies have been jointly spearheading an agitation over the past four years in support of their demands and have held several rounds of talks with the government in the past.-In response to a protest call, Leh town was shut down on Wednesday, and large crowds gathered at the NDS memorial ground before marching through the streets, chanting slogans in support of the Sixth Schedule and statehood.-The situation worsened when some youth pelted stones at the headquarters of the BJP and the Hill Council.

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