Delhi civil aspirant deaths: AAP MP Swati Maliwal meets families of deceased at RML Hospital

New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Swati Maliwal on Sunday met the bereaved families of the two deceased civil servant aspirants at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital here.

Notably, three UPSC aspirants died in the basement of a popular IAS coaching institute in Delhi’s Old Rajender Nagar area yesterday after its basement was flooded with water. Police have sent their bodies to the RML Hospital for the autopsy.

The AAP MP voiced the demand of the families for stringent action against those responsible for the tragedy and said that she would raise the issue in Parliament until justice is served.

Taking to her official social media handle on the microblogging site X, Maliwal posted, “I just met the families of the two daughters who lost their lives in the Rajendra Nagar incident at RML Hospital.”

“One daughter was 25 years old, and her father is a farmer in Uttar Pradesh. The other daughter was also only 21 years old. Both families are in a bad state and their only demand is that the culprits be punished harshly,” she posted.

“The families are repeatedly saying that this should not happen to anyone else. It is very sad that even now, among the Delhi government ministers, MCD mayor, MLAs and councillors, no one has come to meet them. They are just sitting in AC and tweeting,” read Maliwal’s post.

Adding further the post read, “The minister and the mayor should come to them and apologise, tell them how they will get justice and give them compensation of Rs 1 crore. I will raise this issue in Parliament, and I promise I will fight until I get justice.”

Earlier in the day, Maliwal expressed outrage over the delay in action against the officials responsible for the loss of the lives of three civil servant aspirants and said that the deaths should be termed ‘murder” instead of a disaster.

The AAP MP stated that a FIR should be filed against high-ranking government officials, as no minister from the Delhi government, the mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, or any other officer had responded even hours after the incident.

The former Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) also alleged corruption in the operation of illegal basements in the city.

“Who will take responsibility for the deaths of three students due to drowning in the basement? Students reveal that they had been demanding drain cleaning repeatedly for ten days, but no action was taken. How can illegal basements operate without corruption? How can extra floors be added? How can encroachments on roads and drains occur without bribes? It is clear that there is no need to follow safety rules, just pay money, and the work gets done,” Maliwal said in a post on X.

“Just sit in AC rooms every day and conduct ‘Important Press Conferences’. They are not ready to work on the ground. Haven’t they learned anything from the deaths due to electric shocks in Patel Nagar a few days ago?” she added in the post.

Notably, the Old Rajender Nagar incident comes days after a UPSC aspirant was electrocuted on a waterlogged Delhi street.

Meanwhile, Delhi police have arrested two persons, the owner and coordinator of the coaching centre.

Earlier today, the police identified the victims of the coaching centre incident as Shreya Yadav, a native of Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Soni from Telangana; and Nivin Dalwin, a resident of Kerala’s Ernakulam, DCP Central M Harshavardhan said.