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Activist and idiosyncratic Sonam Wangchuk, lodged successful Jodhpur Central Jail since September 27, 2025, was taken to AIIMS Jodhpur for a aesculapian introspection aboriginal connected Saturday (January 31, 2026) morning, officials said.
He spent astir an hr and a fractional successful the hospital’s gastroenterology section earlier being escorted backmost to the prison.
According to AIIMS sources, Mr. Wangchuk has been experiencing stomach-related issues and had visited the infirmary connected Friday (January 30, 2026) arsenic good for tests.
The Supreme Court, which is presently proceeding a petition filed by his wife, has requested Mr. Wangchuk's aesculapian study by February 2.
Following the Supreme Court's orders, constabulary transported Mr. Wangchuk from Jodhpur Central Jail to the exigency section of AIIMS Hospital connected Saturday (January 31, 2026) morning, a constabulary authoritative said.
Mr. Wangchuk has been voicing concerns astir his declining wellness successful jailhouse for immoderate clip now. Recognising his worsening condition, the Supreme Court ordered the Jodhpur jailhouse medication connected Thursday to put for him to beryllium examined by a specialist.
During the hearing, a Bench comprising Justice Arvind Kumar and Justice P. B. Varale directed the jailhouse authorities to guarantee that Wangchuk receives an introspection by a specializer doc (a gastroenterologist) astatine a authorities hospital.
Additional Solicitor General for the Rajasthan government, K. M. Nataraj, reported that jailhouse doctors had examined Mr. Wangchuk 21 times implicit the past 4 months, with the astir caller check-up occurring connected January 26.
Objecting to this submission, Mr. Wangchuk's counsel Kapil Sibal claimed that helium was suffering from persistent tummy symptom owed to the h2o prime successful jail.
Accepting Mr. Sibal's argument, the tribunal said that aesculapian attraction with a specializer indispensable beryllium provided successful accordance with the patient's needs.
