Three students died in a tragic accident when water filled in the basement of Rao’s IAS coaching center in Old Rajendra Nagar, Delhi on Saturday evening after rain. In this case, the police has registered an FIR and formed several teams to investigate the accident. The police has arrested the coaching center owner Abhishek Gupta and the coordinator and has registered a case against them under culpable homicide and other charges.
It has been mentioned in the FIR that the drainage system on the road was not proper, due to which there was waterlogging on the road and later the water entered the basement. Coaching center owner Abhishek Gupta has admitted that there was no drainage system in the basement, which led to the accident. The police asked Abhishek Gupta for the permission documents for the library in the basement, which Abhishek did not have. Abhishek admitted that there was no drainage system in the basement.
According to the FIR, when the rescue operation began, there was 3 feet of water in the slit basement, the students were trapped in the basement below, where the library was running. The NDRF team went into the basement (library) to retrieve the bodies, while DFS helped in pumping out the water.
According to PTI, a senior police officer said that several teams have been formed to investigate the entire incident, we have sought a report from the Delhi Fire Brigade Service on the building and the basement, which was being used as a library, was mentioned as a ‘store room’. He said that the basement was eight feet below the ground and more than 18 students were present in it when it flooded after heavy rains on Saturday evening.
According to sources in the police department, the basement gate was closed, but due to the pressure of rainwater, it got damaged and water entered inside. The officer said that we are examining the CCTV footage from the area to find out the incident. After scanning the CCTV footage, we will identify the people who were standing near the institute at the time of the incident and record their statements.
Deputy Commissioner of Police M Harshvardhan said that we have registered an FIR at Rajendra Nagar police station under sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 106 (1) (causing death by negligence or rash act), 115 (2) (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 290 (negligence in relation to demolition, repair or construction of building) and section 35 of the Indian Penal Code and have started investigation. He said that so far two people have been arrested – coaching center owner Abhishek Gupta and coordinator Deshpal Singh.
