Last Updated on 10/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
The four jailed co-owners of the RAU’S IAS coaching centre in Delhi’s Old Rajendra Nagar area, in whose basement three UPSC aspirants drowned last month, told the court on Friday that the incident was an ‘act of God’ which could have been avoided if civic agencies had performed their duties. The accused – Parvinder Singh, Tajinder Singh, Harvinder Singh and Sarbjit Singh – made this argument before Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna while seeking bail in the case.
The counsel for the four accused told the judge, “It was an act of God that happened and could have been avoided if the civic agencies performed their duties, which they have miserably failed to do.” The counsel for the accused told the court that there was no library running in the basement of the building, rather it was being used as a waiting area for students before the classes began. Students could go here and sit and do self-study. The lease deed does not talk about the library, but it states that it was to be used for coaching purpose.
The fire department had given NOC to the building
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The lawyer claimed that the building premises were inspected by the fire department a few days before the incident. He claimed that the report given by the fire department after the inspection stated that the basement was being used for storage purposes and the building was safe and suitable for running an educational centre. He also said that in this case, there must be a deliberate intention to commit the crime to apply the section of culpable homicide.
The accused did not run away, he himself reached the police
The lawyer of the accused said, ‘Where is the intention to commit a crime proved in this case? Did the building owners rent the property to the coaching centre thinking that they would build a basement and one day when it would rain, people would die by drowning in it. There must be a close link to apply the section of culpable homicide.’ The lawyer argued before the judge that the four accused did not escape arrest and they themselves went to the police station after coming to know about the incident.
CBI is tax Coaching accident being investigated
The judge has listed the next hearing of the case for August 12. The defense lawyers will continue their arguments during the next hearing as well. To ensure that the public does not have any doubts about the investigation, the Delhi High Court recently handed over the investigation of the deaths in the basement of the coaching center building in Old Rajendra Nagar from the police to the CBI. Let us tell you that on the evening of July 27, 2024, after the rain in Delhi, two girl students and a boy student drowned due to water filling in the basement of RAU’S IAS Coaching Center located in Old Rajendra Nagar. The coaching operators are accused of running a library in the basement.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)