'Callous officials to be held accountable for basement deaths

THE magisterial probe into the deaths of three UPSC aspirants in Old Rajinder Nagar is in its final stage and will be submitted to the chief secretary in a couple of days, officials said on Monday, adding that the report details the identity of the functionaries who were accountable for the incident and recommends actions against them.

- ASHISH SRIVASTAVA

The probe was ordered by the chief secretary to identify officials whose negligence may have prompted the tragic incident in which three students were killed by drowning after a basement library of a coaching institute in Old Rajinder Nagar filled with water due to heavy rains and poor drainage.