New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, was shifted to a hospital on Saturday after his health deteriorated on day 21 of his fast, Delhi Police said.
“As per orders of Hon’ble High Court and on expert medical advice due to the deteriorating health condition of Sh. Sonam Wangchuk, he has been shifted to the hospital for essential medical care. While complying with the orders of the Hon’ble High Court the protestors tried to create obstruction, in which a slight commotion ensued, the police took maximum restraint and undertook the exercise safely,” the police said in a statement.
The police also appealed to the protesters to end their agitation, saying, “We request the protestors at Jantar Mantar to peacefully vacate the place at the earliest.”
Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J. Angmo, said she was at the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi, where the activist has been admitted. “Nothing should be administered to him orally or intravenously without consent from me, his family and his doctors who have been monitoring his health for the past 20 days,” Gitanjali said.
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke addressed protesters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar after being released from detention. “This antic by the RSS goons, of carrying Sonam-ji out… if they think this will end the protest, it won’t. We will stay right here. And we will march to Parliament from right here on July 20,” Dipke told the students.
We will now demand for Narendra Modi’s resignation, Dipke said.
