Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Sunday expressed anguish over the death of three civil services aspirants, due to waterlogging in the basement of a coaching centre in the city stating that such an incident in the capital of India is both “unfortunate and unacceptable.”
“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,” Delhi LG said in a post on X.
Saxena added that he has directed the Divisional Commissioner to submit a report, covering every aspect of the tragic incident by Tuesday.
“What has been happening is unpardonable and such issues can no more be glossed over. I have asked the Divisional Commissioner to submit a report, covering every aspect of the tragic incident by Tuesday,” Delhi LG said in a post on the social media platform. Saxena said that those who caused the loss of lives, will be fixed and guilty will be brought to book.
“While nothing can bring back the precious young lives lost due to apathy of the administration and criminal misconduct of those running coaching institutions, responsibility of those who caused the loss of lives, will be fixed and guilty will be brought to book,” he said on X.
Three UPSC aspirants died in the basement of a popular IAS coaching institute in Delhi’s Old Rajender Nagar on Saturday after the basement was flooded with water.
Earlier today, Delhi police arrested two persons, the owner and coordinator of the IAS coaching centre in connection with the deaths. The police identified the deceased as Shreya Yadav, a native of Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Soni from Telangana and Nivin Dalwin, a resident of Kerala’s Ernakulam, DCP Central M Harshavardhan told ANI.
Police have informed family members of the deceased and sent the victim’s bodies to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML) for an autopsy.
Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Swati Maliwal expressed outrage over the delay in action against the officials responsible for the loss of the lives of three civil servant aspirants at an IAS coaching institute and said that the deaths should be termed ‘murder” instead of a disaster.
The AAP MP stated that an FIR should be filed against government officials, as no minister from the Delhi government, the mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, or any other officer had responded even hours after the incident.
Swati Maliwal said, “The students are very sad and angry. It has been more than 12 hours, and till now neither any minister of the Delhi government nor the mayor of MCD nor any officer has come. I believe that these deaths are not a disaster. This is murder. An FIR should be registered against all these big government officials.”
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