UPSC Aspirants' Deaths: Owner, Coordinator of IAS Coaching Centre Arrested; Criminal Case Filed

New Delhi: The Owner and Coordinator of the coaching Institute  have been Arrested in connection with the deaths of three UPSC aspirants who drowned at the basement Rau's coaching institute in Rajendra Nagar which got flooded following rainfall in Delhi's on Saturday, police said on Sunday. A criminal case has been registered in connection with the tragic incident, and forensic team has collected further evidences from the scene. 

The owner and coordinator of Rau's IAS Study Circle were Arrested hours after the bodies of students were recovered from the flooded basement of the coaching center in Central Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar. According to the avialable information, a case was registered under Sections 105, 106(1), 115/2, 290 and 35 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection to the incident. 

As per the reports, Owner of the Rau’s Study Circle is identified as Abhishek Gupta while coordinator is Deshpal Singh.  

DCP Central M Harshavardhan stated, ‘We are committed to registering a strong case and uncovering the truth. Two people have been detained so far.’

'We have registered a criminal case. Our forensic teams are here. The process of collecting forensic evidence is underway', said DCP Harshvardhan while speaking to the media.  

Three civil services aspirants drowned on Saturday in Rau's IAS basement, a popular coaching centre in Central Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar after it got flooded with drain water. Rescue operations were launched to save the trapped students, with teams from the NDRF and Delhi Fire Services deployed at the scene.

The tragic incident led to a mass outrage prompting hundreds of students to come out to stage protest and seek justice. Two of the deceased were female students, while one was male.