Plain clothes, white sheets, 3 layers: How Delhi Police planned Wangchuk's shift to hospital
Delhi Police executed a coordinated, multi-layered operation to remove activist Sonam Wangchuk from his protest site at Jantar Mantar. The operation was timed to minimize public resistance and ensure the activist was safely transported to a hospital under court orders.
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This provides insight into the tactical planning and state response to high-profile public protests in India's capital.
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police carried out a pre-planned early morning operation on Saturday to remove climate activist Sonam Wangchuk from the Jantar Mantar protest site, according to senior police sources.According to sources quoted by news agency ANI, the move came after a strategy was finalised at a high-level meeting following the appointment of the new Delhi police commissioner, Anurag Kumar. Police later shifted Wangchuk to Safdarjung Hospital, citing his deteriorating health and a Delhi High Court order.Operation planned to minimise resistance According to police sources, senior officers chose to act at daybreak when the number of protesters at the site was the lowest. They also identified a brief period when Wangchuk's close aide, Abhijit Dipke, had stepped away from the protest site, leaving the stage without its primary coordinator.
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