The Delhi High Court on Friday criticised the police over the Old Rajinder Nagar coaching centre deaths, questioning the probe conducted so far.
A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan was hearing a plea seeking a high-level probe in the death of three civil services aspirants at the basement of a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar.
During the hearing, the court rapped the police on the manner in which investigation was being done. "Mercifully you have not challaned rainwater for entering basement," the judge told the Delhi Police counsel.
The court was referring to the arrest of an SUV driver by the police in connection with the deaths, who was accused of driving his Force Gurkha car through the street that was flooded by rainwater, causing the water to swell and breach the gates of the three-storey building and inundate the basement.
The driver, Manuj Kathuria, was released on bail on Thursday after the police dropped culpable homicide charges against him.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
