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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shahana Yasmin

Indian police swoop in to remove hunger-striking activist Sonam Wangchuk from protest site

Police have removed the hunger-striking activist Sonam Wangchuk from his protest site in Delhi and say he has been admitted to hospital after his health deteriorated.

Wangchuk, 59, entered the 21st day of his hunger strike on Saturday and had earlier said it would last six weeks unless he died first. He began his fast in solidarity with India's viral Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which is demanding the country’s education minister resign over exam paper leaks that affected millions of would-be medical students.

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