- Gitanjali J Angmo has approached the Supreme Court seeking Sonam Wangchuk’s release
- She denied allegations of Wangchuk’s contact with a Pakistani intelligence operative
- Angmo accused Ladakh police of having an agenda against implementing the Sixth Schedule
Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of Sonam Wangchuk, has approached the Supreme Court seeking the release of the climate activist, who was arrested last week under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) in Rajasthan's Jodhpur.
Gitanjali Angmo has challenged Wangchuk's arrest and has questioned the decision to slap the anti-terror law NSA against Wangchuk.
Sharing a screenshot of her plea on X, Angmo said she had no information about Wangchuk's health.
Angmo has refuted the allegation that Wangchuk was 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, referring to the demands to include Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution that provides for the creation of Autonomous District Councils to govern tribal majority areas with powers to make laws and local policing
On Wednesday, Angmo wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, Home Minister Amit Shah, Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Kavinder Gupta, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, and also the Leh District Collector, a copy of which she posted on X.
Alleging that a "full-scale witch hunt has been unleashed" over the past month to "kill the spirit" of the climate activist, Angmo said Wangchuk can "never be a threat to anyone, let alone his nation".
Angmo questioned, "Am I not entitled to meet and speak with my husband on the phone and in person wherever he is detained? Can I not be of assistance to my husband to know his ground of detention and to espouse his legal rights of seeking justice before the court of law? Am I not entitled to know the condition of my husband, who has been in detention since 26 September 2025, with no communication with me or anyone else close to us? As a responsible citizen of India, are we not entitled to peaceful freedom of expression and movement?".
Wangchuk was arrested on September 26 and shifted to a prison in Jodhpur days after violence in Leh during protests, which claimed the lives of at least four people. Restrictions imposed in the region after the violence were eased for a few hours on Tuesday, allowing people to buy essential items. A total of 44 people have been arrested in connection with the violence.
