Activist Sonam Wangchuk Forcefully Taken to Hospital Amid Hunger Strike

New Delhi. Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for 21 days at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, was forcibly picked up by the police on Saturday morning and taken to Safdarjung Hospital.

According to the health bulletin issued by the hospital administration, Wangchuk is suffering from dehydration, but he has refused to take medicine from the medical team. According to the medical report, Wangchuk's body has a significant drop in potassium levels and urine ketones have increased to 3.

Meanwhile, Wangchuk's personal physician Dr. Nitin Dighe has alleged that his team was not allowed to meet Wangchuk due to the presence of Home Ministry officials at the hospital. Wangchuk's wife, Geetanjali Je Angmo, also confirmed that Sonam's potassium levels are low, claiming that it can be treated at Jantar Mantar itself and there is no need to admit him to the hospital.

Wangchuk had started the hunger strike demanding an impartial investigation into the paper leak case and the resignation of India's Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Due to the continuous hunger strike, his health condition has been deteriorating and his weight has also reportedly decreased by about 9.5 kilograms.