3 students dead after flooding in basement of Delhi IAS coaching centre

 

"We want justice": Protests after flooding at training centre kills three IAS aspirants in Delhi

Violence continues in front of the institute where angry students held their nightly protest after three civil service aspirants died in flooding in the basement of their training centre in Old Rajendra Nagar, Delhi on Saturday evening.

On Sunday morning, images from the accident scene showed students sitting on the road in front of Rau's IAS Study Circle shouting slogans such as "We want justice".

Protesting IAS candidates attacked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), who termed the incident a "disaster".

MCD says it is a disaster but I think it is total negligence. After 30 minutes of rain, the water is knee-deep. "Disasters" are something that happen sometimes. My landlord told me that he had been asking the city council to clean the drains for the last 10-12 days,” he told news agency ANI.

"Our first demand is that action be taken against those guilty. Our immediate demand is for the actual number of dead and injured to be announced," the student added.

What happened on Saturday?

According to police, the fire department received a 110 call at around 7pm reporting that the training centre had been flooded, and rescue operations were launched.

"There were around 30 students there when the flooding started. While some students managed to flee the scene, 13-14 students were rescued and taken to hospital. A criminal case has been initiated against the three aspirants and two have been arrested," a police official said.

Two girl students and a candidate died in the incident.

On July 22, another student, also aspiring for civil services, was electrocuted after coming into contact with an iron gate during heavy rains in the capital's Patel Nagar area.