NEW DELHI (The Hindu) - In a midnight swoop, the police on Wednesday removed the fasting Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader, Medha Patkar, to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. She has been on a hunger strike for the past eight days in protest against the raising of the Narmada dam. More than 300 tribals and villagers who were on dharna were arrested.

The NBA workers said about 1,200 police personnel used force to remove Ms. Patkar and prevent her companions from following her. They alleged that the police descended on the scene after most of the NBA supporters, including Rajinder Sachar, Kuldip Nayar, B.D. Sharma, Arundhati Roy, left the...

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