Protester ends fast | Delhi News - Times of India

NEW DELHI: One of the two protesters on indefinite fast at

Jantar Mantar

to demand stronger

anti-rape laws

ended his 14-day-long hunger strike on Monday after he was admitted to hospital when his condition deteriorated. Rajesh Gangwar, 45, was admitted to the

Ram Manohar Lohia hospital

Sunday in a critical condition.
Though he had expressed his desire to sit on hunger strike again, Gangwar gave in to the requests of other protesters and the advice of doctors.

He accepted a glass of juice from a seven-year-old girl in the evening, calling off his hunger strike. “My fight to demand a strict law against rape will be continued in the future...I have dedicated myself for this cause,” Gangwar declared after ending his fast. “
Gangwar, who hails from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, had been fasting at Jantar Mantar since Dec 24 to demand speedier justice for the 23-year-old gang-rape victim.