Jammu, Nov. 1 -- The Union ministry of home affairs, department of Jammu, Kashmir & and Ladakh, on Friday issued an official communication to include Rigzin Spalgon, additional secretary in the administration of Union territory of Ladakh, to assist Justice Dr BS Chauhan, a former Supreme Court judge, in his capacity as joint secretary for conducting the judicial inquiry into the incident of violence that occurred in Leh on September 24.

The violence over statehood and Sixth Schedule had left four people, including a former soldier dead, and nearly 100 injured.

"The inclusion of Spalgon in the judicial inquiry follows the representation made by the Leh Apex Body (LAB) seeking the participation of a local member along with Mohan Singh Par...