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New Delhi, August 5

Taking suo motu cognisance of the deaths of three civil services aspirants in the basement of a coaching centre in New Delhi, the Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and the Delhi government.  “These places (coaching centres) have become death chambers. Coaching institutes can operate online unless there is full compliance of the safety norms and basic norms for a dignified life. Coaching centres are playing with the lives of aspirants who come from different parts of the country,” said the Supreme Court.

The Delhi High Court on Friday transferred the investigation into the drowning of three civil services aspirants at a coaching centre’s basement from the Delhi Police to the CBI. The High Court bench requested the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) to appoint a senior officer to oversee the CBI’s probe into the criminal case.