Delhi Coaching Centre Deaths: Court Grants Bail To SUV Driver Blamed For Tragedy

He was arrested by Delhi Police in a case linked to the death of three UPSC aspirants in Old Rajinder Nagar.

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The 'Thar' which waded through rainwater accumulated outside the coaching centre in question, leading to the collapse of its gates. Photo: X/@biosagain
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Delhi's Tiz Hazari Court on Thursday granted to bail to SUV driver Manuj Kathuria, who drove through a waterlogged road leading to the collapse of the gate of the coaching centre in which three UPSC aspirants died due to a flooded basement.

Kathuria was arrested by the Delhi Police in connection to the case that was linked to the deaths of the aspirants in the basement of the Rau's IAS Study Circle building in central Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar area.

The development comes just a day after a Delhi court rejected the bail plea of SUV driver, who is a businessman. Kathuria was among the seven people arrested in the case so far.

The court also rejected the bail of four arrested basement co-owners of Rau's IAS Study Circle in Rajinder Nagar.

Notably, Kathuria drove his Mahindra 'Thar' through the flooded street in Old Rajinder Nagar, causing the water to further swell and breach the gates of the coaching centre and swamp the basement, police had said. A video of the same also went viral on social media.

The APP played in court a few videos taken from Kathuria's social media accounts, showing him driving the same SUV, and said, "I am sorry to use this term. But he is mastikhor aur masti mein inhone ye sab kar diya... In having fun he caused the incident."

Notably, the tragic deaths of the civil services aspirants sparked massive outrage, leading to protests by students and action by authorities which further resulted in the sealing of several illegally-run basements of coaching centres.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has been conducting sealing drives in Old Rajinder Nagar, Mukherjee Nagar and Preet Vihar and other such areas of the national capital where such establishments are found.

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