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At least four college girls, who bunked classes for an impromptu picnic, drowned in the raging Pandavkada waterfall in the Kharghar town of Maharashtra on Saturday, 3 August, a police officer said. The police told ANI that two bodies have been recovered.
The three girls have been identified by the college authorities as Aarti Nair, Neha Dama and Shweta Nand.
The fourth victim, Sneha Jain, is not from the same college. She has been identified by some of her friends who were part of the picnic group. All the students who drowned are in the 18-19 years age group.
Pandavkada waterfalls are listed as a dangerous picnic spot and picnickers are banned from going there. It is not clear how the girls managed to reach the restricted area and whether there was security deployed at the spot.
In 2010, at least 12 students had drowned in the waterfall, and in 2005 four had been swept away by the swirling waters of the fall.
(With inputs from IANS and ANI)
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