India, Sept. 28 -- Holding security forces responsible for the statehood protests turning violent in Leh, jailed activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife, Gitanjali Angmo, has hit back at allegations that he has "links" with Pakistan or embezzled money through his organisations.

She said Sonam Wangchuk has been protesting for years in the "most Gandhian way possible" but the "situation escalated" on September 24 "due to the actions of the CRPF", the Central Reserve Police Force, resulting in four deaths.

The police have said they acted in self-defence after mobs turned violent and even set fire to the local office of the ruling BJP.

Angmo, co-founder of the Himalayan Institute of Alternative Learning (HIAL), said she has not been able to communi...