Delhi Police on Monday said it has arrested five more persons including a driver who damaged the gate of the coaching centre causing water to enter its basement, where three IAS aspirants drowned. With this, a total of seven are now in custody including Rau’s IAS Study Circle owner Abhishek Gupta and coordinator Deshpal Singh, who were booked for culpable homicide and other charges.
According to police sources, the five people who were arrested include four owners of the basement and a driver of the vehicle, which waded through rainwater due to which the water flow increased and the door of the basement got knocked down. In the building that was flooded, all the floors have different owners and, hence, the owners of the basement have also been arrested, the sources said.
“Whoever is at fault in this incident will not be spared. We are taking strict action against those responsible for the incident and maintaining law and order in the area,” DCP M Harshavardhan told ANI.
Harshavardhan said there was no permission to carry out commercial activity in the basement and the police will examine the role of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in the case. “Five more people, including owners of the basement and an individual who drove a vehicle that appears to have damaged the gate of the building, have been arrested,” he said.
“There was no permission to carry out commercial activity in the basement. We have sought some information from MCD, and we will examine their role too. The investigation is on from all angles,” he said, appealing to the protesting students to maintain peace and not block the roads.
On why a driver has been arrested in the case, the DCP said the person was driving at high speed through the waterlogged road and a street vendor also tried to stop him before he hit the gate of the coaching centre and damaged it. “Negligence has been established on part of the driver arrested by Delhi Police… He was driving the vehicle very fast, due to which the gate of the coaching centre broke. Before he hit the building gate, a street vendor had tried to stop him,” he said.
The MCD also terminated a junior engineer and suspended an assistant engineer for lapses, said commissioner Ashwani Kumar. The civic body also brought earth movers to Old Rajender Nagar area to take action against alleged encroachment. Earlier, it also launched action against 13 institutes in the coaching hub by sealing their basement for “illegally” running classes.
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