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Flooding in the basement of Rau's IAS Study Circle in Delhi resulted in the death of three civil service aspirants..
Three civil service aspirants died after the basement of a building housing a coaching centre was flooded following heavy rain in parts of Delhi on Saturday..
The Delhi Fire Department officials confirmed to news agency PTI that they had received a call informing them of a flooded basement at the coaching centre at nearly 7 pm...
A preliminary investigation in the case suggested that the basement housed a library where several students were present.. Ropes were used to evacuate the trapped students after the basement was flooded, officials said, adding that the floating furniture at the coaching centre obstructed the rescue operation...
Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva and New Delhi MP Bansuri Swaraj visited the site and blamed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) administration for the incident, alleging that the local MLA had ignored repeated appeals by locals to get the drains cleaned.. "Delhi Government's criminal negligence is responsible for this mishap..
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