India, Sept. 30 -- Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) on Tuesday said it will not participate in talks with the Centre till climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and others arrested in Leh are released and a judicial probe into the firing is ordered.

Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, KDA co-chairman Asgar Ali Karbalai also demanded a judicial inquiry into the firing by the security forces during a shutdown in Leh on September 24.

KDA is a body of leaders from Kargil - one of the two districts in Ladakh - which, along with Apex Body Leh, is in negotiations with the Centre for statehood for the Union Territory. "We are in touch with Apex Body Leh. We will not participate in the talks with the Centre till Sonam Wangchuk is released, arres...