Coaching centre incident: Mortal remains of Kerala native Nivin Dalwin handed over to family

New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The mortal remains of Kerala native Nivin Dalwin, one of the victims of basement flooding at a coaching centre in Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar, were handed over to his family on Monday.

Nivin Dalwin, hailing from Kerala’s Ernakulam, was among the three students who 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.

Nivin’s family reached Delhi’s RML hospital on Monday morning.

Shreya Yadav from Uttar Pradesh and Tanya Soni from Telangana were the other victims. The bodies of the victims were kept at Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital in Delhi.

“Out of the total 17 students brought here, three were brought dead. The remaining 14 students were discharged yesterday,” Dr Ajay Shukla, Medical Superintendent of RML Hospital, told ANI.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) initiated disciplinary proceedings against the Assistant Engineer and Executive Engineer of Karol Bagh Zone on Monday amid student protests after basement flooding claimed three lives in a coaching institute in Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar.

An order issued by the office of the MCD Deputy Commissioner stated that disciplinary proceedings are being contemplated against Vishram Meena, Assistant Engineer posted in the Works Department, Karol Bagh Zone. Therefore, Vishram Meena, Assistant Engineer, is hereby placed under suspension with immediate effect.

“Contract of Vinay Mittal, JE(M), posted in the office of Executive Engineer, Karol Bagh Zone is hereby terminated with immediate effect,” it further stated.

Earlier, Delhi police arrested seven persons so far, including the driver of an SUV vehicle, in connection with the case.

DCP (Central) M Harshvardhan said, “Five more persons, including the owners of the basement and an individual who drove a vehicle that appears to have damaged the gate of the building, were arrested.”

“There was no permission to carry out commercial activity in the basement,” the DCP added.

The owner and coordinator of the coaching centre were also arrested in the case. The accused have been booked for culpable homicide, among other charges.

The MCD sealed the basements of 13 coaching centres in Karol Bagh on Sunday for violating building by-laws amid protests by students. Earth movers were used to remove encroachment over drains in Old Rajinder Nagar following student protests.