HYDERABAD: Eight students on a picnic drowned at a beach in the western Indian state of Maharashtra on Thursday.
They were part of a group of 25 boys and 17 girls, accompanied by six teachers.
The students had travelled from a private coaching academy in Pune district to the popular Diveagar beach in Raigad district, located around 170 kilometres from Mumbai.
They had ventured into the sea and misjudged the tides, according to an Indian Express newspaper report, citing police.
The bodies of the eight drowned students have been recovered.
