Callous approach of cops of Meerut police during a mock-drill exercise on riots turned fatal when some tear gas shells fell in the hostel of lala lajpat Rai Medical College, leaving about two dozen nursing students ill on Friday morning.
Reports said that the cops of the Meerut police were making mock drill on riot control when due to their negligence, two of the tear gas shells fell inside the hostel campus of lala lajpat Rai Medical College, on Friday morning. The callousness was noticed when the girls started complaining of irritation in their eyes and uneasiness after smoke caused by the tear gas shell penetrated the hostel, Acting Principal of the medical college, Pradeep Bharti, told the media persons.
The girls were immediately admitted to the medical college hospital where their condition is stated to be out of danger, Bharti said. He also said that local police had not informed them about the mock drill and added that the Principal Secretary Health has been informed about the incident.
Meanwhile, terming it as an accident, Senior Superintendent of Police in Meerut, Dinesh Chandra Dubey claimed that during the drill, police personnel were lobbing tear gas shells but two of them fell in the hostel just after the wind’s direction changed. However, he claimed that a probe will be made and if any negligence on part of cops is found than appropriate action will be taken.