Sonam Wangchuk claims house arrest in Ladakh; Abhijeet Dipke backs him

Environmental and social activist Sonam Wangchuk has claimed in a shared video that he has been placed under house arrest at his home in Ladakh. He said a heavy police deployment has been posted outside the house.

In the caption of the video posted on X, Wangchuk wrote, "I have been placed under house arrest. Dozens of armed security personnel have surrounded my house, while on the other hand the government is saying that I have been advised to stay at home. All this is happening only because I asked some inconvenient questions, such as why the report of the judicial commission of inquiry into last year's killings in Leh is being delayed."

He went on to write, "Why are sham municipal council elections being imposed on people in such haste in the bitter cold? All of Ladakh is agitating. In the world's largest democracy, my reach on X, Instagram and YouTube has been cut sharply. Please help spread this message to as many people as possible." He made this appeal in the same post.

Abhijeet Dipke, chief of the 'Cockroach Janta Party' (CJP), reacted on Thursday, November 12, 2026. He reshared Wangchuk's video on X with a comment.

Dipke wrote, "It seems this government will put everyone under house arrest, detain or arrest them, or restrict their social media handles before 2029. I stand with Sonam Wangchuk, who risked his life during the Jantar Mantar protest to awaken the country against this very dictatorship."