JNU protest: Kanhaiya's health worsens - JNU student union president Ka- Navbharat Times Photodhamal

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JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who has been on hunger strike for a week at the campus, was hospitalized here on Thursday after his health deteriorated, a fellow student said.

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"Kanhaiya is in a bad situation. He is in a semi-conscious state. There is a possibility of internal damage to (his) organs," Umar Khalid, his friend in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), said.

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Khalid said Kanhaiya Kumar started vomitting on Thursday morning after which he was "rushed to a hospital".

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Kanhaiya Kumar and 19 other students are on an indefinite hunger strike since April 28 to protest against the punishment handed out to them by a high-level committee that probed the controversial February 9 Kashmir event on the campus.

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"The health of the rest of the students is also deteriorating fast. All students have lost around 4-6 kg of weight," Khalid said.

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