Archive · 2 Oct 2026
Eight Pune Students Drown During Diveagar Beach Picnic
A group from Winners Academy in Pune went on a picnic to Diveagar beach.
The group had 48 people, including students and teachers.
Eight Class XI and XII students entered the sea.
They were swept into deeper water by currents after the water conditions were misjudged.
Rescue workers, local residents and water-sports personnel searched for them.
All eight students were recovered and declared dead.
Police and local officials took the bodies for required procedures.
One early report said a student was missing, but later reports said all eight bodies had been recovered.
Eight Class XI and XII students drowned at Diveagar beach in Raigad district, Maharashtra.
The students were part of a 48-member picnic group from Winners Academy in Alandi, Pune district.
The group included 25 boys, 17 girls and six teachers.
Police said the students were swept into deeper water after misjudging the sea’s depth, tide or current.
Rescue teams, local residents and water-sports personnel recovered all eight bodies, while legal proceedings began.
- Who
- Eight Class XI and XII students from Winners Academy in Alandi, Pune district.
- What
- They drowned after entering the sea during a picnic.
- When
- Thursday, October 1.
- Where
- Diveagar beach in Raigad district, Maharashtra, under Dighi coastal police jurisdiction.
- Why
- Police said they misjudged the water’s depth, tide or current.
Initial Missing-Student Report
Later Recovery Reports
Status of the students
Initial Missing-Student Report
An early report said eight students had died and one student remained missing while search operations continued.
Later Recovery Reports
Police and later reports said all eight bodies had been recovered, with no additional missing student confirmed.
- Deaths
- Eight students
- Picnic group
- 48 people: 25 boys, 17 girls and six teachers
- Institution
- Winners Academy in Alandi, 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
Sources
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