The detention of activist, innovator and educationist Sonam Wangchuk on September 26, 2025, came as no shock to those who are acquainted with the Indian state, though there was a sense of bewilderment that he should be held under Section 3(2) of the National Security Act 1980. The Government, state or central, “may, if satisfied with respect to any person that with a view to preventing him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the security of the State or from acting in any manner prejud