A popular yoga guru has called off an eight day hunger strike to denounce corruption in India after a prominent spiritual figure persuaded him to end his action.
Baba Ramdev pressed on with the fast at his ashram after police last week used batons and tear gas to disperse a hunger strike by him and his followers in New Delhi.
Baba Ramdev, who has a daily television audience of 30 million, was admitted to hospital on Friday with a low pulse rate and dehydration.
The BBC reports he began the fast last Saturday after cabinet ministers failed to convince him to call it off.
