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The bodies of the 2 civilians, who were killed connected September 24 during thoroughfare protests successful Ladakh, were cremated successful Leh connected Sunday (September 28, 2025), with lone adjacent relatives allowed to be the past rites. A curfew was enforced for the 5th consecutive day.
Officials said the past rites of the victims, Jigmet Dorjay, 25, a nonmigratory of Kharnakling village, and Stanzin Namgyal, 23, a nonmigratory of Igoo village, were held successful Leh municipality between 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
As ceremonial prayers were conducted and relatives paid tribute, information was tightened crossed Leh town. Most delicate locations were barricaded with barbed wire. The Internet besides continued to remain suspended successful Leh.
Locals said the ceremonial prayers of 2 different victims, Rinchen Dadul, 20, from Hanu village, and Tsewang Tharchin, 46, from Skur Buchan village, are scheduled for Monday (September 29, 2025). Tharchin served successful the Ladakh Scouts and took portion successful the 1999 Kargil War.
Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Kavinder Gupta held a information reappraisal meeting, which was attended by apical officials.
Four civilians died, and astir 90 were injured arsenic protesters, supporting demands for Statehood and Sixth Schedule status, clashed with information forces. This came a time aft 2 protesters connected hunger onslaught were hospitalised. A three-week hunger onslaught was being spearheaded by now-detained clime activistic Sonam Wangchuk.
The J&K Pradesh Congress Committee president, Tariq Hameed Karra has responded to the events successful Leh, saying, “The Ladakh authorities and the Centre are hugely mistaken if they believe normalcy volition instrumentality to Leh with the apprehension of Mr. Wangchuk.”
“The unrest successful Ladakh is the BJP’s ain creation. The aforesaid radical who erstwhile cheered Article 370 abrogation present consciousness betrayed by unkept promises. Youth anger, joblessness, and denial of Sixth Schedule rights person pushed them to the streets,” Mr. Karra added.
Leader’s plea rejected
Meanwhile, the Leh medication turned down a petition from Tashi Gyalson, Chief Executive Councillor of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Leh (LAHDC-Leh), to be the past rites. The Leh medication has besides extended the closure of each acquisition institutes till September 28.
Mr. Gyalson, a BJP leader, besides joined the voices demanding an enquiry into the unit that broke retired connected September 24 successful Leh. “I person written to Lieutenant Governor Kavinder Gupta and demanded an enquiry into the provocations that resulted successful unit and besides a probe into indiscriminate usage of unit against protesters,” Mr. Gyalson said.
Meanwhile, three-member teams of the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) and Leh Apex Body are scheduled to sojourn Delhi contiguous (September 29) for a preparatory gathering with officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs. It volition beryllium followed by the main gathering with a High Powered Committee of the MHA connected October 6.
