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Delhi IAS Aspirants Deaths:  Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) swung to action mode after the tragic deaths of three UPSC aspirants after drowning in a waterlogged basement library of a prominent coaching institution. The civic body, in one of the largest crackdowns, sealed the basements of 13 IAS coaching institutes on Sunday evening. The action came amid huge outrage by fellow aspirants outside the coaching, who demanded justice for the victims of the system's "negligence" and "corruption".

Meanwhile, a petition was moved in the Delhi High Court seeking an independent probe against the MCD, Rao IAS Study Centre, and the Government of Delhi. The plea also seeks a directive for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to implement immediate measures to prevent similar incidents in the future, ANI reported.

Here are top updates on UPSC aspirants' death case

1. Earlier today, students held a massive protest in the national capital on Sunday demanding justice for the three UPSC aspirants who lost their lives due to flooding in the basement of the IAS Coaching Centre in old Rajendra Nagar.

(Students hold a candle march demanding justice for the three UPSC aspirants who lost their lives due to flooding in the basement of the IAS Coaching Centre, ANI)

2. The arrested accused - owner of Rau's IAS circle Abhishek Gupta and coordinator of the ORN centre Deshpal Singh - were presented before a court, which sent them to 14 days of judicial custody, police said.

3. Reacting to the horrific development, the brother and father of one of the victims Shreya Yadav, demanded justice for her, urging the government to ensure the accountability of the responsible officials.

4. After a large number of students gathered in Karol Bagh against the incident, the police used light force to disperse them. Many students were shortly detained, before being freed later on. Several videos surfaced on social media showing Delhi Police detaining the UPSC aspirants.

5. According to Delhi police, the three victims have been identified as Shreya Yadav from Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Soni from Hyderabad in Telangana and Nivin Delvin from Ernakulam, Kerala.