Dhaka, Sept. 26 -- Indian security forces have imposed a curfew in Leh, the capital of the Himalayan region of Ladakh, after at least four people were killed in violent clashes between police and protesters demanding statehood for the federal territory.
Dozens were also injured and an office of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) set on fire in the unrest on Wednesday.
The government blamed activist Sonam Wangchuk, who's been leading protests, of fomenting violence, a claim he denies.
A mountainous desert with a Muslim-Buddhist population, Ladakh lost its semi-autonomy in 2019 when the BJP government split it from the former Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir, imposing direct rule on both.
Ladakh has a population of ...