The mobile internet services were restored on Thursday in the Leh district of Ladakh after remaining snapped for about two weeks following the violent incidents and subsequent police firing, which left four people dead and several injured.
The decision to restore the internet services was taken after the first-ever normalisation talks between Chief Secretary Dr Pawan Kotwal and DGP SD Singh Jamwal, representing the administration, and the civil society of Ladakh.
The civil society, represented by leaders of the Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA), monks, and the business class, urged the government to order a judicial inquiry into the police firing on 24 September and release the climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been detained under the National Security Act (NSA) in Rajasthan, to normalise the situation.
They are learnt to have made it clear that the dialogue process between the Ladakh leaders and the government can be resumed only after a judicial probe is ordered and Wangchuk and other people arrested by the police are released.
Ladakh Apex Body (LAB) co-chairman Chhering Dorjay said that they asked the administration to release all arrested people and restore the mobile internet services to normalise the situation. They also demanded compensation of Rs 1 crore for each person killed in the police firing.
They also demanded that the restrictions under Section 163 BNSS be withdrawn immediately.
The LAB and the Kargil Democratic Alliance had boycotted the 6 October talks on the issues of statehood and the Sixth Schedule for Ladakh with the Home Ministry after the violent incidents of 24 September.
The day curfew has already been lifted from Leh after the situation started improving. Schools and colleges have also reopened in the district.