Delhi Coaching Centre Tragedy: Bail Application of 4 Co-Owners of IAS Institute Basement Rejected

New Delhi: Bail of four co-owners of the IAS coaching centre basement where three UPSC aspirants drowned to death, has been rejected by a Delhi Court.

Three UPSC aspirants had died after drowning in the coaching centre's basement in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar which was illegally being used as a library; after waterlogging because of rain in the area.

Bail Plea of 4 Co-Owners of Coaching Centre Basement Rejected

 A Delhi court on Friday rejected the bail applications of four jailed co-owners of a coaching centre basement where three civil services aspirants drowned last month.

Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna said, "Investigation is at initial stage. I am not inclined to give bail." A detailed order of the court is awaited.

On August 17, the court had reserved the order after hearing the arguments of the lawyers of the CBI and the basement's four joint owners -- Parvinder Singh, Tajinder Singh, Harvinder Singh and Sarbjit Singh.

The Delhi High Court recently transferred the probe into the deaths in the basement of the coaching centre building in Old Rajinder Nagar from police to the CBI "to ensure the public has no doubt over the investigation". 

Basements of 10 More Coaching Centres Sealed by MCD

In another related news, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) continued its crackdown on commercial activities proliferating in basements in the national capital as it sealed 10 such coaching centres and libraries in Shahdara (South Zone), Karol Bagh, and Najafgarh Zone for violating building bylaws.

This happened eleven days after three IAS aspirants drowned at a flooded basement of Rau's Study Circle coaching centre in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar after rainwater gushed inside its basement.

For the unversed, three UPSC aspirants, identified as Shreya Yadav, Tanya Soni, and Nivin Dalvin, lost their lives after water from a flooded drain gushed into the library in the basement of Rau's IAS Study Circle (July 27).

(Inputs from PTI)