SRINAGAR: A courtroom in Leh granted bail Tuesday night to Ladakh Autonomous Hill Growth Council's (LAHDC-Leh) Congress councillor Stanzin Tsepag and 6 others, together with Ladakh Buddhist Affiliation president Dolma, who had been arrested over alleged involvement within the Sept 24 violence that left 4 folks lifeless.BJP has accused Tsepag of main violent protests that resulted in police and CRPF firing. BJP hinged its allegation on a viral picture exhibiting a masked man holding a stick. The get together mentioned that man is Tsepag, however Congress and the councillor denied the declare, calling it “propaganda to malign the get together”.Police and paramilitary forces fired at demonstrators demanding Sixth Schedule standing and statehood for Ladakh after protests turned violent. Authorities clamped curfew-like restrictions, suspended cell web, and arrested over 70 folks, together with local weather activist Sonam Wangchuk. Tsepag surrendered to police on Sept 27.A lawyer mentioned the courtroom discovered no grounds for continued detention and ordered their launch. “Already the particular person holding the stick has been arrested. Tsepag has additionally filed a defamation case towards those that described him because the mastermind of the violence,” the lawyer mentioned.Apex Physique Leh (ABL) co-chairman Chering Dorjay welcomed the bail, saying: “They're harmless and had been charged beneath false instances. Govt ought to have launched them by itself.”Sajjad Kargili of Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) additionally hailed the choice. “These arrests had been half of a bigger try and malign Ladakh's peaceable democratic motion. We reiterate our demand for the instant launch of all arrested leaders, together with Wangchuk.”Dorjay mentioned ABL and KDA would wait a number of days earlier than continuing with a deliberate two-hour silent march and a night shutdown throughout Ladakh, after the Union residence ministry conveyed that it was deliberating on ordering a judicial inquiry into the September 24 killings.
