'Coaching centres akin to death chambers; risking students' lives'

Coaching centres have become “death chambers” and are playing with the lives of students, the Supreme Court said on Monday as it issued notices to the Centre and the Delhi government on three IAS aspirants drowning in the basement of an institute here.

Taking suo motu cognisance of the matter, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan said the incident was an eyeopener for all. On July 27, three civil services aspirants drowned in the basement library of Rau’s IAS Study Circle in the Old Rajinder Nagar area here after it was flooded following heavy rain. Seven people, including Rau’s IAS Study Circle CEO Abhishek Gupta and coordinator Deshpal Singh, have been arrested in the case.