Delhi coaching centre deaths: Videos show moment when basement was flooded

Flooding at Rau's IAS Study Circle's basement in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar area led to the death of three aspirants. New videos show how the floodwaters breached an iron gate at the coaching centre.

In Short

• Flooding at Rau's IAS Study Circle's basement in Dehi
• Three aspirants died, bodies found after search operations
• Iron gate at coaching centre crashed due to heavy waterlogging

Two new videos from Rau's IAS Study Circle in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar area have surfaced, showing flooding in the basement of the coaching centre. The incident, on July 27, led to the death of three aspirants - Tania Soni (25), Shreya Yadav (25) and Navin Delvin (28).

The first video shows how the coaching centre's basement was flooded after heavy waterlogging on the street outside.

The iron gate at the entrance of the coaching centre acted as an obstruction to the floodwaters from entering the basement.

However, the floodwaters could be seen gushing inside the coaching centre as a speeding car passed by.

According to eyewitnesses, the iron gate crashed with the impact of the waves, thus flooding the basement area.

In another video, students at the coaching centre could be seen rushing out, some to the ground floor, as floodwaters entered the basement.

Some, in the video, were also heard asking if others were left behind.

Meanwhile, it was learnt that the Delhi Police will interrogate officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), over the drainage system in the area.

The police are also likely to issue a notice to the officials over the poor arrangements.

OWNER, COORDINATOR ARRESTED

A court in Delhi on Sunday sent to 14-day judicial custody the owner and coordinator of Rau's IAS Study Circle.

The coaching centre owner, Abhishek Gupta, and coordinator, Deshpal Singh, were produced before a magisterial court, which remanded the duo in 14 days judicial custody.

Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 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) and 290 (negligent conduct with respect to pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings).

CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL COACHING CENTRES

The MCD has started action against illegal coaching centres and will set up a high-level committee to probe the flooding of the basement of a coaching institute which led to three civil services aspirants' deaths, an official informed news agency PTI on Sunday.

A team of the civic body reached the Old Rajinder Nagar area to seal several illegally-run basements of coaching centres, a statement by the Delhi government said.

Around 13 such coaching centres were sealed during the action till late Sunday night.

These included IAS Gurukul, Chahal Academy, Plutus Academy, Sai Trading, IAS Setu, Topper's Academy, Dainik Samvad, Civils Daily IAS, Career Power, 99 Notes, Vidya Guru, Guidance IAS, and Easy for IAS.