India, Sept. 29 -- Countering allegations of being "anti-national" after the statehood protest in Ladakh turned violent last week, since-jailed activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife Gitanjali Angmo on Monday shared two photos featuring Bangladesh's interim leader Mohammed Yunus - one with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the other with Wangchuk.

"If it's okay for the honourable PM to meet Mohammed Yunus, why is it a problem when Sonam Wangchuk, India's educator and innovator, meet(s) him?" she said in the X post.

She was apparently responding to social media chatter that has alleged Wangchuk, the most prominent face of the Ladakh agitation, "conspired" with those who ended the reign of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh.

Security agencies have also...