JLKM leader Devendra Nath Mahto hospitalised after 9-day hunger strike

Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JLKM) leader Devendra Nath Mahto, who has been on a nine-day hunger strike over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations, was hospitalised after his health deteriorated following his participation in a march by protesting students on Monday.

Doctors described Mahto’s condition as critical after his blood sugar level dropped "drastically". "He is being treated in the emergency ward," Nancy Priya, medical officer at Ranchi Sadar Hospital, told news agency PTI.

Pankaj Kumar, an aide who was accompanying Mahto at the hospital, claimed that the JLKM leader was injured during a police lathi-charge near the Assembly.