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Tragedy Strikes Alandi: Eight Students Drown in Diveagar Sea During Picnic
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News18•02-10-2026, 10:45
Tragedy Strikes Alandi: Eight Students Drown in Diveagar Sea During Picnic
- •Alandi near Pune is gripped by grief after eight students drowned in the sea during a picnic to Diveagar in Maharashtra’s Raigad district.
- •The 16-year-old boys, all from ‘Winners Academy’ coaching institute, were part of a group on a picnic.
- •The bodies were brought to Alandi, where residents and traders called for a bandh to mourn the deaths.
- •Last rites for four students — Rajveer Vahile, Soham Bhandwalkar, Sumit Ahire, and Tanmay Vahile — were performed in Alandi.
- •A group of 48 — 25 boys, 17 girls, and six teachers — had gone to Diveagar; eight boys ventured into the sea and were swept away.
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A wave of grief gripped Alandi after eight 16-year-old students from a local coaching institute drowned in the sea during a picnic to Diveagar in Maharashtra’s Raigad district.
A group of 48 people, consisting of 25 boys, 17 girls, and six teachers, went on the picnic to the coastal town of Diveagar.
Eight boys ventured into the sea and were swept away after misjudging the depth of the water and the strong current.
