LEH: Joint Secretary of the Judicial Inquiry Commission probing the Leh violence in September, Rigzin Spalgon, on Friday said that 93 witnesses have been examined till the third session of the inquiry.
He expressed hope that the ongoing session would likely be the final phase of the probe.
The three-member commission, headed by former Supreme Court judge B S Chauhan, was appointed by the Ministry of Home Affairs on October 17 last year to look into the circumstances that led to a law and order crisis in Leh on September 24, 2025.
The commission was also tasked with reviewing the actions taken by police during the situation and assessing the events that resulted in the loss of four lives, including that of a 1999 Kargil war veteran, in police firing.
While four individuals were killed and 80 others were injured in police firing, protesters had set the BJP office on fire and burnt private and public vehicles.
Retired district and sessions judge Mohan Singh Parihar is serving as judicial secretary, while Advocate Himanshu Sharma is acting as counsel to the commission.
The commission was formed after the Leh Apex Body and the Kargil Democratic Alliance, which had jointly spearheaded the agitation demanding Sixth Schedule status and statehood for Ladakh, rejected the magisterial inquiry ordered by the Lieutenant Governor administration into the September 24 violence and urged the Centre to order a judicial inquiry.
The Judicial Inquiry Commission has extended the deadline for recording statements and submission of evidence several times following a formal request from the Leh Apex Body.
