Court asks CBI to state reason behind waterlogging

New Delhi, Sep 12: The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the CBI to inform it the reason behind heavy waterlogging in Old Rajinder Nagar on July 27 when three civil services aspirants died after drowning in a flooded coaching basement.
The court passed the direction while reserving order on the bail pleas of the jailed co-owners of the basement — Parvinder Singh, Tajinder Singh, Harvinder Singh and Sarbjit Singh — in the criminal case concerning the deaths. “What was the reason on that day? Delhi has witnessed heavy downpours. Why so much waterlogging on that day? Was it the rain or something else? questioned Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma. The co-owners had moved the high court last month for bail on the ground that they are merely the landlords of the basement, which was let out on a rental basis to the coaching centre and, therefore, they had no role whatsoever in the unfortunate event. The bench asked the agency to file a status report explaining the reason for the waterlogging in the area, the amount of rainfall received on the day of the incident as well as on the aspect of installation of heavy gates at the entrance. (PTI)