The doorway gate of Rau’s IAS Examine Circle, the place three civil service aspirants died final week as a consequence of flooding, was taken for forensic examination by the officers of the Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD).
On Wednesday, the MCD officers reached the teaching centre with a bulldozer to tug out the iron gate. The gate has been despatched for forensic examination to find out how the floodwaters inundated the teaching centre’s basement which led to the drowning of the three college students.
The gate broke allegedly from water waves after an SUV handed from the world on the ill-fated day. It was alleged that the stress of water waves brought on by the SUV passing on the highway in entrance of the institute in Previous Rajinder Nagar broken the iron gate, permitting rainwater to flood the basement and entice the three college students.
The driving force of the SUV, Manuj Kathuria, was arrested after CCTV footage of the automobile passing by way of the flooded water emerged.
Notably, the gate of Rau’s IAS Examine Circle broke as a consequence of large rains within the metropolis in 2023 as properly. The video dates again to July 9, 2023 and was shot by one of many college students of the teaching centre. Within the video, the damaged gates will be seen failing to shut, resulting in water pouring into the basement space.
In the meantime, the MCD sealed seven extra basements of teaching centres in Previous Rajindar Nagar and one every in North West Delhi’s Rajdhani Enclave and East Delhi’s Preet Vihar earlier within the day.
With this, the civic physique has shut down a complete of 29 basements of teaching institutes since July 28 for allegedly working in violation of the MCD constructing by-laws.
Three college students getting ready for the Union Public Service Fee (UPSC) exams — Tania Soni (25), Shreya Yadav (25) and Navin Delvin (28) — died on July 27 night after water from a flooded drain gushed into the basement of Rau’s IAS Examine Circle the place a library was arrange.
The MCD motion follows a widespread protest by college students in Previous Rajinder Nagar who’re demanding strict motion in opposition to officers accountable for the deaths of three civil service aspirants.
