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The Congress connected Wednesday submitted a memorandum to the retired Justice Dr. B.S. Chauhan headed Judicial Commission, which is inquiring into the protests and deaths of 4 civilians successful September successful Ladakh, and alleged that “the Ladakh constabulary opened occurrence connected peaceful protesters without immoderate bid from the connected work magistrate”.
“Without utilizing teardrop state and lathi charges arsenic per established protocols, Ladakh Police straight resorted to slug firing connected the guiltless assemblage without immoderate authorisation from the connected work magistrate arsenic explicitly required nether Section 149 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS),” the memorandum, submitted by elder Congress person Nawang Rigzin Jora, said.
The Congress memorandum claimed that eyewitnesses, including members of the LAB specified arsenic Tsering Dorjay Lakruk, “have confirmed that nary specified bid was issued, thereby rendering the firing unlawful and a blatant breach of the process established by law”.
The memorandum said the protestation was chiefly aimed to support Ladakh’s unsocial taste heritage, fragile ecology and economical interests. “However, the effect from the UT administration, and the Ladakh Police particularly, was unprecedented and unacceptable successful a democracy,” it said.
Seeking “financial assistance and intelligence support” to the victims families, the Congress told the Commission that the “wounds inflicted connected September 24 tally heavy successful the corporate psyche of Ladakh threatening its societal cloth and the nation’s committedness to law values”.
“We spot our anticipation successful the Commission to present not conscionable findings but transformative justness and enactment against the officers liable for the barbaric enactment of September 24, 2025,” it added.
It said compounding this sedate misery, galore guiltless persons, including salient activistic Sonam Wangchuk, “continue to beryllium held successful detention without important grounds against them successful wide usurpation of Article 22’s protections against arbitrary apprehension and detention”.
The Congress demanded “daily nationalist hearings to reason the enquiry arsenic soon arsenic possible, to pacify the sentiments of the people”. “The Commission should nonstop the Union Territory Administration, and Ladakh Police successful particular, to nutrient each applicable documents, including quality reports and detention files, without hold oregon redaction,” it said.
The Congress has sought “immediate merchandise of each guiltless detained individuals and urge transgression proceedings against Ladakh Police Officers oregon Officials liable for the unlawful firing”.
It besides submitted to the Judicial Commission that reforms, specified arsenic mandatory assemblage cameras for police, limits connected National Security Act usage and enhanced section governance nether the Constitution to safeguard against aboriginal incidents, beryllium undertaken.
The judicial committee was constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs successful October this twelvemonth to inquire into the circumstances that resulted successful unit and the deaths of 4 civilians during thoroughfare protests connected September 24 successful Ladakh’s Leh district.
