By Admin 
His wife Geetanjali Angmo has reached the Supreme Court against the custody of Ladakh social activist Sonam Wangchuk. Gitanjali has filed a habeas corpus petition. He has demanded immediate release of Sonam.
The petition states that Sonam was organizing peaceful agitations in a democratic manner. He was wrongly accused. Now it is being asked to take him to Jodhpur under NSA, but the administration has not provided detention orders related to it. In such a situation, this custody is illegal. Sonam should be released.
Magsaysay Award -awarded environmental scientist Sonam Wangchuk is the main face of Ladakh’s movement for a long time. This movement is related to the demand for state status to Ladakh and special status under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. By joining the sixth schedule, the region gets constitutional guarantee like more rights on local resources, cultural protection and autonomous council.
The movement through picketing and hunger strike took a fierce form in the past. During this time, 4 people died due to police bullet. The Ladakh administration accused Sonam of working for foreign powers. He was detained on 26 September. He is accused of keeping contact with Pakistan’s intelligence agency, illegal donations from abroad.
Recently, Gitanjali Angmo told ABP News that a well -planned campaign is being carried out against Sonam and her organization Himalayan Institute of Alternative Ladakh (HIL). Its purpose is to weaken the demand for the sixth schedule. Sonam’s visit to Pakistan was for an environmental program. He has no connection with the Pakistani agent found in Ladakh.