Wife of Indian activist Wangchuk asks court to move him to private hospital

Social activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife has approached an Indian court seeking permission to transfer him from a government hospital to a private facility, alleging he was being held in “illegal detention,” she said on Sunday. “



Despite repeated requests, the hospital has refused to discharge him or allow us to shift him to a private hospital of our choice,” Gitanjali Angmo said in a post on social media website X, a day after Wangchuk was moved to state-run Safdarjung Hospital against his wishes by security personnel.



The hospital said on Sunday that Wangchuk's vital parameters were stable, although his blood parameters remained “marginally altered”, and that he required sustained medical intervention and round-the-clock monitoring. Phone calls to the hospital and its director's office went unanswered.



Wangchuk, 59, had been fasting since June 28 in solidarity with India's Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which was formed by Indian youths and is demanding federal Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan step down over exam paper leaks in May that affected millions of students.