Coaching Centre Tragedy: Owner and Coordinator Sent to Judicial Custody

A court has sent the owner and coordinator of Rau's IAS Study Circle to 14-day judicial custody following the deaths of three civil services aspirants due to flooding in the center's basement. An FIR has been registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide and other related charges.

A court here on Sunday sent to 14-day judicial custody the owner and coordinator of Rau's IAS Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar where three civil services aspirants died after flooding in its basement.

The coaching centre owner Abhishek Gupta and coordinator Deshpal Singh were produced before a magisterial court, which remanded the duo in 14 days judicial custody.

Police have registered an FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 105 (culpable homicide), 106(1) (death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide), 115(2) (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt)and 290 (negligent conduct with respect to pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings).