NEW DELHI, JULY 31: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up authorities over the deaths of three UPSC aspirants who drowned in the basement of a coaching centre, saying such tragedies are bound to happen when there is no collection of taxes due to a “freebies culture.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan said a “strange probe” was going on with police action against the passerby who drove a car but no action against MCD officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court said multi-storey buildings were being allowed to operate, but there was no proper drainage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“You want to have freebies culture, don’t want to collect taxes…This is bound to happen,” the bench, also comprising Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Taking a swipe at authorities, the court said they need to build infrastructure but are bankrupt and can’t even pay salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court was hearing a plea seeking a high-level committee to investigate the deaths of three civil service aspirants in the basement of a flooded coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar on the evening of July 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three who died were Shreya Yadav (25) of Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Soni (25) from Telangana and Nevin Delvin (24) from Kerala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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