Centre orders judicial probe into Leh violence that killed four

The Union government on Friday announced a judicial inquiry into the deaths of four persons in police firing during protests in Leh on September 24.

The investigation will be headed by former Supreme Court judge, Justice BS Chauhan, according to a press release from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The police firing and violence broke out on September 24, during protests demanding statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. Demonstrators clashed with and threw stones at the police, and set fire to the Bharatiya Janata Party office and a police vehicle.