Sibal also rejected allegations that Wangchuk had disrespected Hindu deities. He said that Angmo is a practising Hindu, and Wangchuk has no reason to disrespect any God. The senior counsel said that some “IT cell people” had deliberately and falsely projected some of his interview with NDTV, but there are fact-check videos debunking this. If these are statements on the basis of which one is detained, then we might as well stop speaking,” the senior counsel added. He was leading a movement seeking statehood and protections under the Sixth Schedule for Ladakh before his arrest.