Ladakh administration orders magisterial probe into Leh violence that left four dead

Srinagar, Oct. 2 -- The Ladakh Administration has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the September 24 violence in Leh, which left four people dead and over hundred injured.

The inquiry report will be submitted within four weeks.

An official statement today said District Magistrate Leh has appointed Sub-Divisional Magistrate Nubra Mukul Beniwal as the inquiry officer to probe the circumstances that led to the law and order breakdown and the subsequent police action resulting in casualties.

The inquiry will examine in detail the sequence of events and the police response that claimed the lives of four individuals - Jigmet Dorjey of Kharnak, Rinchen Dadul of Hanu, Stanzin Namgail of Igoo, and Tsewang Tharchin of Skurbuchan. One of the slain...