India, July 28 -- Activist Sonam Wangchuk was discharged from Medanta Hospital in Gurugram's Sector 38 on Monday, six days after the Delhi High Court permitted his admission to a private facility, officials confirmed.

Shortly after his release at 1.42 pm, Wangchuk and his wife Gitanjali Angmo proceeded to Rajghat to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, under police escort.

The activist had been on a 26-day hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and sweeping reforms in the examination system following allegations of paper leak in the NEET-UG exam. He called off the fast on July 24, a day before Pradhan resigned.

Wangchuk was initially taken to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on Ju...