Coaching centre where three UPSC aspirants drowned ‘knowingly’ used basement for commercial use: CBI
The basement was being used as a library and examination hall with a seating capacity of 80 to 90 persons, said the investigating agency.
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The owner of a private coaching centre in the city’s Old Rajinder Nagar, where three Union Public Service Commission aspirants drowned due to waterlogging in July, “knowingly” used the basement for commercial purposes in violation of the regulations approved by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the Central Bureau Investigation has alleged, reported PTI on Sunday.
The three students, enrolled at Rau’s IAS Study Circle, drowned on July 27 when the coaching centre’s basement flooded after heavy rains.
The Central Bureau of Investigation took over the investigation on August 7, after the Delhi High Court transferred the case to the agency, noting that it “may involve corruption by public servants”.
In its recent submission to the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Nishant Garg, the investigating agency said that the municipality gave the occupancy certificate to the building on August 9, 2021 "explicitly" stating that the basement can only be used for a staircase, lift, lobby, toilet, parking, household storage and car lift.
The owner of the coaching institute, Abhishek Gupta, entered into a lease agreement with the co-owners of the building on January 5, 2022. The lease was signed for nine years at Rs 4 lakh rent per month, claimed the investigating agency, according to PTI.
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