The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday constituted a committee to inquire into the deaths of 3 civil services aspirants at a coaching centre in old Rajinder Nagar in New Delhi.
The committee will inquire into the reasons, fix responsibility, suggest measures and recommend policy changes, the MHA spokesperson posted on X.
“The committee will have Additional Secretary, MoUHA, Principal Secretary (Home), Delhi Govt, Special CP, Delhi Police, Fire Advisor and JS, MHA as Convener. It will submit its report in 30 days,” the ministry added.
Earlier in the day, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan in the Rajya Sabha blamed negligence for the deaths of Shreya Yadav, Tanya Soni and Nivin Dalwin, who were drowned in the basement of the building housing Rau’s Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar, which was flooded following the recent rains in the national capital.
“We must fix responsibility so that such incidents do not recur. There should be no politics… Negligence has happened and someone has to take responsibility so that a solution can be found,” the minister added.