Indian activist on hunger strike for 20 days forcibly taken to hospital

Indian activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, on hunger strike for the past 20 days in Delhi, has been forcibly removed from his protest site.The 59-year-old had been protesting in support of an online satirical movement called the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) who are seeking educational reforms. The protesters had planned a march to India's parliament on Monday.CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke told the BBC he had gone to a friend's house in the morning to freshen up when policemen turned up and refused to let him leave.Wangchuk was sitting on hunger strike in the scorching summer, consuming nothing but salt and water. He had lost more than 9kg and was in a lot of pain. Videos from the protest site on Saturday showed chaos erupting just before 07:30 local time (02:00 GMT) when dozens of police and paramilitary personnel swooped in on the stage where the activist was lying down. Protesters who tried to stop them were pushed away.They covered him with curtains of bedsheets before removing him from the stage. Minutes later, an ambulance was seen speeding away.Dipke, who had been by Wangchuk's side throughout the protest, said he had not been told where Wangchuk was taken.A top police official told reporters that Wangchuk had been moved "in compliance with [a court] order, and based on health conditions and medical advice".