Leh, Sept. 24 -- A complete shutdown is being observed across Leh on Thursday as part of "Shaheed Diwas" (Martyrs' Day), commemorating the first anniversary of the September 24 2025 agitation demanding constitutional safeguards for Ladakh and the violent clashes that followed which claimed the lives of four local residents.

Markets, commercial establishments, and business hubs remained shuttered across Leh town and adjoining areas, while public transport largely remained off the roads in response to the shutdown call observed in solemn remembrance of the victims.

The day marks one year since the tragic events of September 24, 2025, when four people lost their lives amid police retaliation, after the protestors set a political party's of...