Ladakh administration orders magisterial inquiry into Leh violence

The administration in Ladakh on Thursday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the deaths of four persons in police firing during protests in Leh on September 24.

In an order, the district magistrate in Leh appointed Nubra Sub-Divisional Magistrate Mukul Beniwal as the inquiry officer to conduct the investigation, The New Indian Express reported.

The four persons – Jigmet Dorjey, Rinchen Dadul, Stanzin Namgail and Tsewang Tharchin – were killed in police firing during protests demanding statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.