There will be a high level investigation of the Delhi coaching accident, Home Ministry has formed an investigation committee

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Monday constituted a high-level committee headed by an additional secretary to investigate the death of three civil service aspirants due to flooding in the basement of a coaching centre. A Home Ministry spokesperson said the committee will investigate the causes, fix responsibility, make suggestions and recommend policy changes.

Apart from the Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, the committee will have the Principal Secretary (Home) of the Delhi Government, Special Commissioner of Police of Delhi Police and Fire Advisor as its members and a Joint Secretary in the Home Ministry will be its convener. The spokesperson said that the committee will submit its report in 30 days.

After the death of three candidates due to drowning, anger was seen in the entire city, from Parliament to the streets of Old Rajendra Nagar. On Monday, five more persons were arrested and the removal of encroachments started with bulldozers. Three students preparing for the civil service examination died after the basement of a coaching center in Old Rajendra Nagar area of ​​​​Central Delhi got flooded after rain on Saturday night.

Delhi Police has arrested the owner of coaching centre Rao IAS Study Circle and registered a case against him/her under charges of culpable homicide and other charges. The incident echoed in Parliament on Monday and members demanded that responsibility be fixed so that such an incident does not happen again.