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Pratap Chakravarty

Indian police detain climate activist after 950km protest march

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, centre, arrives with his supporters at the Rajghat, a Mahatma Gandhi memorial, in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday 2 October, 2024. AP - Dinesh Joshi

Police in India detained the environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk as he led supporters to Delhi after a month-long protest march from Kashmir. The 58-year-old was released the same night. However, he was re-arrested when he and his supporters insisted on marching into the capital.

Wangchuk went on a hunger strike in a police station to demand a visit to the tomb of Indian freedom leader Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary on Wednesday.

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