Gitanjali has refuted the allegations against Wangchuk being in touch with a Pakistani Intelligence Operative, and accused the Ladakh police of working with an "agenda".
New Delhi: Dr. Gitanjali J. Angmo, wife of Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk, approached the Supreme Court on Friday seeking her husband’s immediate release following his arrest.
Police arrested Wangchuk on September 26, two days after protests demanding Ladakh's statehood and Sixth Schedule status left four people dead and 90 injured in the Union Territory.
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Gitanjali, in her plea filed through lawyer Sarvam Ritam Khare, has challenged Wangchuk's detention, besides seeking his immediate release. The plea also questions the decision to invoke the NSA against Wangchuk.
She also claimed that she has not yet received a copy of the detention order and has had no contact with Wangchuk so far.
Following Wangchuk's detention under the National Security Act (NSA), Gitanjali has refuted the allegations against Wangchuk being in touch with a Pakistani Intelligence Operative, and accused the Ladakh police of working with an "agenda".
"Whatever the DGP is saying, he has an agenda. They don't want to implement the 6th Schedule under any circumstances and want to make someone a scapegoat," she alleged.
Speaking to ANI, Gitanjali said that they attended a climate change conference organised by the United Nations and a Pakistani media outlet.
She said, "This is absolutely wrong and false, we condemn it to the core. A narrative is being formed to frame someone. When the UT government was buying Chinese tablets, he (Wangchuk) was talking about tackling China not with bullets but with a wallet. How can such a person be anti-national?"
"In February, we went to a conference organised by the UN and Dawn media on climate change. If India plays cricket with China, will the players and cricket bodies be anti-national? A conference on glaciers which provide water to all the countries from Bangladesh to Afghanistan... If a person participates in such a conference, will he be an ISI agent? What is the evidence behind it? They are saying a Pakistani entered here, so the MHA should answer."
Published: 03 Oct 2025, 08:28 am IST
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