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PremiumUPSC Aspirants Death News LIVE Updates: After three UPSC aspirants died due to flooding of the basement at Rau's IAS coaching institute in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday sealed seven properties and five basements for violating building bye-laws in Karol Bagh Zone.
The corporation's crackdown against properties violating building bylaws has come in response to the harrowing incident that occurred on Saturday evening, triggering massive protests by students in the Old Rajender Nagar area.
Meanwhile, Lok Sabha members cutting across party lines on Monday demanded an inquiry into the tragic incident, with the BJP blaming the city's AAP government for the tragic incident. Rajya Sabha is also discussing the matter.
BJP leader and New Delhi Lok Sabha MP Bansuri Swaraj blamed the AAP's "utter apathy" for the death of the students and demanded that an inquiry committee under the Home Ministry be set up to probe the incident.
The owner and the coordinator of the Rau's IAS Study Circle, and 5 others have been arrested and booked for culpable homicide and other charges. Police is likely question MCD officials
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AAP MP Swati Maliwal says, "The students are very sad and angry. It has been more than 12 hours, till now neither any minister of Delhi government has come, nor the mayor of MCD, nor any officer. I believe that these deaths are not a disaster, this is a murder, an FIR should be registered against all these big government officials. It is not yet known whether 3 have died or more have died. Compensation of ₹1 crore should be given to all the students who have died...The minister, Mayor should come here immediately and apologize to them. Delhi will not run like this. I will raise this issue in Parliament. I will keep all the demands of students in Parliament... The students are saying that 12 days ago they had informed the councillor that the drain system here is bad, so the councillor and all the people above him should answer."
