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Judicial inquiry report on the September 2025 Leh firing, which killed four people, remains unpublished a year on
Confidence: Corroborated · 6 sourcesLadakh · Oct 6, 2026
Subject of this story
Ministry of Home Affairs (India)
Ladakh Administration
Also named
Oversight
B. S. Chauhan, Former Supreme Court of India judge; head of the Leh firing judicial inquiry
Advocate
Sonam Wangchuk, Climate activist and education reformer, Ladakh
What happened
Four people died in police firing during protests in Leh, Ladakh on September 24, 2025. The Union Home Ministry notified a judicial inquiry headed by former Supreme Court judge B S Chauhan in October 2025; as of late September 2026 its findings had not been made public, according to activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was detained under the National Security Act on September 26, 2025 and released when the order was revoked in March 2026. Wangchuk is also asking who ordered the firing; the administration announced Rs 15 lakh per victim's family.
Sources (6)
Outlook IndiaFindings not yet made public as of September 27, 2026; 81 arrested and subjected to criminal proceedings.
apnlive.comThe inquiry will examine the circumstances, the police action and the resultant death of four individuals.
ibtimes.co.inUnion Government ordered a judicial probe in October 2025 headed by Justice B. S. Chauhan; proceedings began October 27, 2025; report remains unreleased.
The PioneerWangchuk demanded that the findings of the judicial inquiry into last year
nationalheraldindia.comhad still not been made public.
The WireAlmost a year later, Ladakh is still waiting for the findings
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