MEERUT: Three tear gas shells lobbed by policemen on a mock riot-control drill landed within the girls' hostel of Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College on Friday morning, leaving 22 students sick. Many students gasped for breath and suffered a terrible itch in the eyes. Arpita Bux, second-year student of BSc nursing, was just getting ready to leave for classes at 8.30 am on Friday morning when she heard strange noises and suddenly felt an intense itch in both eyes. "I was still in my hostel room when I felt the...
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