Expressing serious concern over the illegal renting of school premises of a Municipal Corporation school at night, the Delhi Government on Friday ordered a probe to fix the responsibility.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has directed the authorities to conduct inspections in all schools and submit a report to him.
Sisodia has asked Chief Secretary MM Kutty to get the probe done through the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) after he conducted a raid at the school in East Delhi’s Kalyanpuri area on Thursday night.
He was shocked see two people living in a school run by East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC). Sisodia was shocked to find that the school guard had been renting out classrooms at night and two people were found staying at the school illegally and cooking food.
Annoyed over the illegal renting out of the premises, the Deputy Chief Minister directed the Directorate of Education (DoE) to conduct inspections in all schools and get police verification done of all security guards to ensure that such incidents are not repeated.
“The classrooms, where kids come to study in the morning, are used at night by renters to cook food, and stored fretsaw, hammer, and other tools in a cupboard. Playing with the safety of kids by the schools, will not be tolerated at any cost,” Sisodia told reporters.
“I have asked the Chief Secretary to get the issue probed. This is a very serious matter. Food was being cooked there. What if a student opens the cupboard and gets access to spices or knivesIJ Nobody knew that this was happening in the school is not possible,” he said.
Sisodia, who is also Delhi’s Education Minister said, “I have information that the same is happening in a few other schools as well”. According to police, following the late night raid three people were detained.
“The security guard and his two friends who were staying with him were detained and questioned by police. There was no legal action made out against the trio and they were let off,” a senior police official said.
“The guard has been working for 10 years at the school and had called his 2 friends for living with him since he felt scared alone here. He claimed that his friends had only been staying for the last couple of months,” he said.
