New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The government cancelled educationist and activist Sonam Wangchuk's SECMOL's Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act licence a day after four people were killed in protests in Ladakh.

The cancellation means the Leh-based institute will no longer be able to receive or utilise foreign funding.

"Considering the facts and position narrated in preceding paras, the Competent Authority, hereby, in exercise of the powers conferred under section 14(1) of the Act, cancels with immediate effect the FCRA Certificate of Registration No. 152710012R granted to the association "Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh," the letter read, as per the Hindustan Times.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) initiated an ...