Rau’s IAS coaching centre deaths, the unfortunate end of 21-year-old victim Tanya Soni’s dream

Since she was a young child, Tanya Soni, one of the three UPSC candidates who perished when a Delhi coaching center’s basement filled with water due to rain, had dreamed of working for the government.

Tanya was originally from Aurangabad in Bihar, but she had been residing in Delhi. Her father works in Telangana, where her parents reside.

Tanya, who was twenty-one years old, had a strong desire to pass the UPSC exam and enter the civil service. She liked poetry. Tanya was originally from Aurangabad in Bihar, but she had been residing in Delhi. Her father works in Telangana, where her parents reside.

Three UPSC aspirants, two women and one man, died when they were trapped in a basement library at Rau’s IAS Study Circle, which flooded after a heavy rain in Delhi on Saturday.

Tanya’s father, Vijay Kumar, told PTI that his daughter had been studying at the coaching centre for the past month after graduating with a BA in political science from a college in Delhi.

“Tanya had completed her graduation in Delhi and was preparing for UPSC there. She had a lot of interest since her childhood (in cracking UPSC),” Vijay told PTI while travelling to bring his daughter’s body from Delhi to their hometown.

He said that his family was on a train to Lucknow when they learned about Tanya’s death.

“After getting information (about Tanya’s death) we got down at Nagpur and took a flight to Delhi,” he said adding that Tanya’s body had been handed over to the family and “we are on the way to Bihar (where the last rites will be conducted)”, as per PTI.

Kumar has worked for the state-run Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) in Telangana for 25 years and is currently a Deputy General Manager. His family lives in Mancherial, as per PTI.

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy also expressed their condolences on Sunday regarding Tanya’s death.

Seven people have been arrested so far, including the building’s owners of the and someone suspected of damaging the building’s gate. The incident happened because of poor drainage, insufficient safety measures, and not following regulations.