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Eight Pune Students Drown at Maharashtra’s Diveagar Beach
A group of students from Pune went on a picnic to Diveagar beach.
The group had 48 people, including students and teachers.
Eight students entered the sea and were swept into deeper water.
Police said they may have misjudged the depth, tide or currents.
Rescue workers, local residents and water-sports personnel searched for them.
All eight students were later recovered and declared dead.
The students were in Classes XI and XII, and one report said they were 16 years old.
Police and local officials began the required legal procedures.
An early report mentioned one student as missing, but later reports said all eight bodies had been recovered.
Eight Class XI and XII students drowned at Diveagar beach in Raigad district.
The students were part of a 48-member picnic group from Pune’s Winners Academy.
The group included 25 boys, 17 girls and six teachers.
Police said the students misjudged the sea’s depth, tides or currents after entering the water.
Search and rescue teams, local residents and water-sports personnel recovered all eight bodies.
- Who
- Eight students from Winners Academy in Alandi, Pune district, who were in Classes XI and XII.
- What
- They drowned after entering the sea during a picnic.
- Where
- Diveagar beach in Raigad district, Maharashtra.
- When
- Thursday, October 1.
- Why
- Police said the students misjudged the water’s depth and the tide or currents.
Initial Missing-Student Report
Later Recovery Reports
Status of the students
Initial Missing-Student Report
One report initially said eight students had died and one student was still missing while search operations continued.
Later Recovery Reports
Police and several later reports said all eight bodies had been recovered, with no additional missing student confirmed.
Key facts
- Deaths
- Eight students
- Picnic group
- 48 people: 25 boys, 17 girls and six teachers
- Institution
- Winners Academy at Alandi in Pune district
- Student classes
- Classes XI and XII
- Location
- Diveagar beach, Raigad district, Maharashtra
- Distance from Mumbai
- Approximately 170 kilometres
- Recovery
- All eight bodies were recovered by rescue teams and local helpers
Quotes
Dighi Sagar police
Police officials providing preliminary information about the drowning incident
“Preliminary information that we have received is that the group had come for a picnic from Pune. They had hired a bus. On visiting the beach, they had ventured into the sea and had misjudged the tides, due to which they drowned.”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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