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At slightest 22 information officials, including unit of the Ladakh constabulary and CRPF, person recorded their connection earlier a Judicial Commission headed by Justice Dr. B.S. Chauhan, mandated to inquire into the circumstances starring to unit and deaths of 4 civilians on September 24, 2025 successful Ladakh’s Leh district, officials said.
“Under the chairmanship of Justice Chauhan, erstwhile justice of the Supreme Court (SC), conducted its proceedings from 17th to 23rd December, 2025 and recorded statements of CRPF, magistrates and officials of the Ladakh Police,” Rigzin Spalgon, Joint Secretary to the Judicial Inquiry Commission, said.
In the adjacent sitting, Mr. Spalgon, said the nationalist volition beryllium called to grounds their statements earlier the Commission. “The dates for signaling statements of individuals who person already submitted their affidavits volition beryllium announced successful owed course,” helium added.
An authoritative spokesperson said the Commission has “already collected and examined the written proceedings and statements submitted earlier arsenic portion of the preliminary process”.
From December 19, the authoritative said, the Commission started “recording oral statements”. Individuals, who person already submitted their written statements, presented themselves earlier the Commission for oral grounds successful idiosyncratic earlier Justice Chauhan, officials said.
“Officials and officers who were assigned duties connected the time of the incidental volition beryllium called upon to look earlier the Commission and grounds their statements,” the authoritative said.
The enquiry aims to found a wide and factual knowing of the events surrounding the incidental and guarantee transparency, accountability, and owed process, the authoritative said.
Four civilians were killed and astir 90 were injured successful protests that erupted connected September 24 successful Leh. Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was besides arrested aft the unit connected September 26. For the archetypal clip ever, Leh witnessed imposition of aggregate spells of curfew and net outage.
According to a notification by the Department of Law and Justice, Leh, the Commission will beryllium “conducting judicial inquiry regarding the September 24 incidental created successful Leh town”.
