India, July 19 -- Activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife, Gitanjali Agmo, has moved the Delhi High Court seeking his transfer from Safdarjung Hospital to a private medical facility, alleging a lack of trust in the treatment being provided and calling his continued confinement unconstitutional.

Wangchuk, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar for 21 days over irregularities in national examinations, was taken to Safdarjung Hospital by Delhi Police on Saturday morning. While the police said the move was aimed at monitoring his health in line with court directions, opposition parties accused the Centre of using force against a peaceful protest and questioned the timing of the action, a day after the appointment of a new Delhi ...