Enraged students have been protesting and demanding justice for the death of three UPSC aspirants who died due to sudden flooding in the basement of an IAS Coaching Center. The incident took place in the basement of Rau’s IAS Study Circle situated in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar. Fire brigade officials received a call about students being stuck in the basement at 7:19 pm on Saturday and five fire engines were dispatched to carry out rescue operations. Teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) also reached the spot. Many students were rescued while the bodies of three students were recovered from the sight. Protesting students were so enraged that they accused the Police of hiding the death toll of the students. However, a senior Delhi Police officials made them understand that they are not hiding anything. Now, the question who is the owner of Rau’s IAS Study Circle coaching center? Below is what we know so far-
Who is the owner of Rau’s IAS Study Circle?
As per reports, Civil Services aspirants have written to President Droupadi Murmu regarding the fatalities of students due to “criminal negligence” of the coaching institute and MCD officials. Demanding a public apology from the well-known coaching centre, they said that MCD should call the incident “murder” and not “accident.”
In the meanwhile, the owner and the coordinator of Rau's IAS Study Circle in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar were arrested on Sunday after the massive outrage. Abhishek Gupta has been identified as the owner, and Deshpal Singh has been identified as the coordinator. They both have been booked under charges of culpable homicide and negligence.
Deputy Commissioner of Police M Harsha Vardhan was quoted saying, "We have registered an FIR at Rajinder Nagar Police Station under sections 105 (culpable homicide), 106(1) (death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide), 115(2) (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 290 (negligent conduct with respect to pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings) and 35 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and launched an investigation. So far we have detained two people -- owner and coordinator of the coaching centre."
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Congress leader Pawan Khera while talking to a newswire said, "This is a man-made tragedy. It is not a natural disaster. How was a coaching centre running in the basement? Did they have licenses? Did they have all the papers from MCD? We have not got answers to these questions. It is very easy to question each other and make allegations and counter-allegations but the common man is suffering in this... Such an insensitive government in the national capital is extremely wrong, be it MCD or the government..."
Delhi's LG took to his official X handle and wrote, "I am deeply anguished by the death of 3 Civil Services aspirants due to water logging in the basement of a coaching centre and that of another student due to water logging related electrocution. That this should happen in the Capital of India is most unfortunate & unacceptable....
Reportedly 7 other citizens have died due to electrocution in the past few days. My deepest condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives. You are in my thoughts and prayers...I have been keeping a close watch over the situation & followed the rescue operations by Delhi Police & Delhi Fire personnel etc personally. These incidents clearly points towards criminal neglect & failure of basic maintenance & administration by concerned agencies & departments."