New Delhi: A student was found dead and two others were missing after the basement of a building housing a civil services coaching centre was flooded following heavy rain in central Delhi‘s Old Rajinder Nagar area on Saturday, officials said.
According to the Delhi Fire Department (DFS), a call about waterlogging was received from the Rao IAS Study Centre at about 7 pm.
“A total of five fire tenders were rushed to the site. The basement was full of water,” an official said.
The body of a female student was retrieved from the site during the rescue operation by the NDRF, local police and fire department, the officials said.