Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was detained by the Delhi Police, has been released from Bawana Police Station on Wednesday (October 2, 2024). A team of Delhi Police escorted him to Rajghat where he is expected to pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.

सोनम वांगचुक और हमारे 150 लद्दाखी भाई-बहन शांतिपूर्ण तरीक़े से दिल्ली आ रहे थे। उनको पुलिस ने रोक लिया है। कल रात से बवाना थाने में क़ैद हैं। क्या लद्दाख के लोकतांत्रिक अधिकार माँगना ग़लत है? क्या 2 अक्तूबर को सत्याग्रहियों का गांधी समाधि जाना ग़लत है? सोनम वांगचुक जी को रोकना… https://t.co/Nr9LVoiM7a

Sonam Wangchuk and close to 150 other activists from Ladakh were detained by Delhi Police for allegedly violating prohibitory orders, passed a few hours before they reached the border.

Asserting that the people of Delhi stand with the people from Ladakh, she said that LG's rule should end in Ladakh and the national capital. "Ladakh and Delhi should get the status of a full-fledged state,

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Tuesday claimed that she was stopped outside the Bawana Police Station and was not allowed to meet Sonam Wangchuk when she (Atishi) was heading to meet the climate activist demanding autonomy for Ladakh.

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi who went to meet the detained protesters of Ladakh at Bawana police station on Tuesday complained that she was not allowed to meet Sonam Wangchuk, the activist leading the protest,

Atishi, after arriving at Bawana Police Station, criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government for arresting Wangchuk and his supporters.

Delhi chief minister Atishi has claimed that police, on LG VK Saxena's orders, blocked her from meeting detained Ladakh climate activist Sonam Wangchuk. Atishi emphasized that this kind of governance is dictatorial and called for full statehood status for Ladakh and Delhi.