Did Mangaluru police fire tear gas in a hospital? Two eyewitnesses describe what they saw

'On Thursday, the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Mangaluru turned violent. Two persons were shot dead by the police and a third with bullet injuries is recovering in the hospital following a surgery. The administration imposed curfew in several areas of the district and mobile internet services were suspended for 48 hours. By Thursday night, CCTV footage showing the police barging into the Highland hospital in Falnir and chasing people with batons began to circulate on social media. There were claims that the police had used teargas shells inside the intensive care unit of the hospital. To understand the timeline of events that led to the violence in the area, Scroll.in spoke to two eyewitnesses. One was outside the hospital during a face-off between protesters and the police. The other, a senior hospital official, was inside the premises when the police force in riots gear barged in. According to the hospital official, while the police did not use teargas inside the intensive care unit, the shell was dropped in the lobby located about 30 metres from the hospital rooms and the ICU...'

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