In the wake of the recent student deaths in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar, the Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance on the issue related to safety norms in the coaching centres.
Speaking to ANI, Akansha one of the students said that this was the tenth day of the protest and the students would be starting a new form of protest on Monday from 6 p.m. in the form of 'Nukkad Natak' (Street Acts).
Protests outside the coaching institutes continued in Delhi's Old Rajender Nagar area for the eighth day on Sunday as students are demanding compensation from the government and the coaching centre for three UPSC aspirants who died due to a flooded basement at Rau's IAS Study Circle.
According to an official release, the enforcement teams have started inspecting and taking action against coaching centres operating in basements in all four zones.
Congress leader Abhishek Dutt on Saturday said that he will file a complaint under Section 198 after the eight-year-old boy fell into a manhole that was covered with cardboard in Delhi's Defence Colony area.
The students have been protesting since July 27, when three civil services aspirants lost their lives in the basement of Rau's Rau's IAS Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar.
Manuj Kathuria, the SUV driver arrested in connection to the death of three UPSC aspirants at the basement of a coaching centre in Delhi's Rajinder Nagar, was released from the Tihar jail on Friday after Delhi's Tis Hazari court granted him bail.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) intensified action against properties for violations of building bylaws and sealed two basements that were illegally operating as coaching centres in the city.
After the Delhi High Court on Friday transferred the investigation into the deaths of three UPSC aspirants in Rajinder Nagar to CBI, some students welcomed the decision, while others demanded a Judicial Magistrate inquiry into the case.
Amid the ongoing protests over the deaths of three USPC aspirants, a student was electrocuted at a coaching centre in Delhi, which was waterlogged following fresh rains in the National Capital.
The High Court emphasized that the mindset of Delhi administrators needs to change, particularly the perception that everything can be provided for free.