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When Care Becomes Custody: The Line the State Crossed With Sonam Wangchuk

Wangchuk was moved from Jantar Mantar to Safdarjung Hospital by police after 20 days of an indefinite hunger strike demanding accountability for the 2026 NEET-UG paper leak and remains there under heavy police presence with restricted movement - prompting his wife, HIAL co-founder Gitanjali J. Angmo, to publicly describe the situation as closer to detention than medical care, ahead of a planned march to Parliament.