{"id":184902,"date":"2025-10-03T15:08:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=184902"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:08:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:08:18","slug":"indian-police-torture-wangchuks-associates-says-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/10\/03\/indian-police-torture-wangchuks-associates-says-wife.html","title":{"rendered":"Indian police torture Wangchuk\u2019s associates, says wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-184903\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/wife-wanguch-333x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/wife-wanguch-333x220.jpg 333w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/wife-wanguch.jpg 519w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leh: Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Himalayan Institute of Alternatives has slammed the Indian government and said police tortured the people of Ladakh after the September 24 violence in the region.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, comparing the current situation in Ladakh to that during British India, she wrote on X the Indian Home Ministry is &#8220;misusing&#8221; the police.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is India really free? In 1857, 24,000 Britishers used 135,000 Indian sepoys to oppress 300 million Indians under orders from the Queen. Today, a dozen administrators are misusing 2,400 police personnel to oppress and torture three lakh Ladakhis under the orders of the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs,&#8221; Gitanjali said.<\/p>\n<p>She said two staff members of the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh (HIAL), Dr Setan Norbu and Stan Zinulo, were detained and subjected to \u201cmental and physical torture\u201d by police to extract information about Wangchuk and the institute. She said the authorities were \u201cbrutally beating them\u201d while in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Angmo said, \u201cThe government must first restore trust, release all detained protesters, allow free communication, and engage sincerely with people\u2019s representatives rather than controlling the narrative through the administration.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leh: Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Himalayan Institute of Alternatives has slammed the Indian government and said police tortured the people of Ladakh after the September 24 violence in the region. 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