Leh, Sept. 24 -- Atleast four people were killed and 30 others injured in intense clashes between protesters and security personnel when the movement for statehood for Ladakh and extension of the Sixth Schedule took a violent turn on Wednesday, September 24, officials said.

A BJP office and several vehicles were set on fire and hundreds of people took to the streets. Prohibitory orders were imposed soon after banning the gathering of five or more people as the protests intensified.

Flames and dark smoke clouds could be seen from afar amid a complete shutdown in the Ladakh capital.

The administration imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS to ban the assembly of five or more people, officials said.

The violence forced ...