Indian police forcibly hospitalise activist after 20-day hunger strike
- Police said there was a ‘slight commotion’ as demonstrators tried to stop them from seizing Sonam Wangchuk, who is fasting over alleged corruption in India’s exam system.
- Police have forcibly removed a prominent activist from a protest site in New Delhi and taken him to hospital, saying his health was deteriorating from a hunger strike over alleged corruption in India’s exam system.
- Sonam Wangchuk, 59, was removed on Saturday from the protest site at the Jantar Mantar, a park housing large 18th-century astronomical devices, 20 days into a fast that has become a focal point of a campaign by mainl
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- Police said there was a ‘slight commotion’ as demonstrators tried to stop them from seizing Sonam Wangchuk, who is fasting over alleged corruption in India’s exam system.
- Police have forcibly removed a prominent activist from a protest site in New Delhi and taken him to hospital, saying his health was deteriorating from a hunger strike over alleged corruption in India’s exam system.
- Sonam Wangchuk, 59, was removed on Saturday from the protest site at the Jantar Mantar, a park housing large 18th-century astronomical devices, 20 days into a fast that has become a focal point of a campaign by mainl
Sources: Al Jazeera