Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal, who was on a hunger strike to demand capital punishment for rapists within six months of their conviction, was taken to a hospital after she lost consciousness on Sunday morning.

*Breaking*

Advertisement

Doctors have forcefully put @SwatiJaiHind on IV after a lot of resistance on the 13th day of her fast pic.twitter.com/MXqclhTg2m

Advertisement

— Delhi Commission for Women – DCW (@DCWDelhi) December 15, 2019

Maliwal has been on a hunger strike for over 10 days and was sitting at the Samta Sthal near Raj Ghat. On Saturday night, when her condition deteriorated, doctors advised her to go to the hospital, but she refused to budge. On Sunday morning, she was taken to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital after she fainted.

स्वाति मालीवाल के समर्थक और शुभचिंतक उनकी सेहत को लेकर चिंतित LNJP अस्पताल पहुँचे pic.twitter.com/kwCD5c5uZx

— Delhi Commission for Women – DCW (@DCWDelhi) December 15, 2019