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Tragedy Strikes: Engineer-to-be Sumit Swallowed by Sea on First Trip Request
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News18•02-10-2026, 10:55
Tragedy Strikes: Engineer-to-be Sumit Swallowed by Sea on First Trip Request
- •17-year-old Sumit Bharat Ahire, an aspiring engineer, tragically drowned at Diveagar beach.
- •Sumit was diligently preparing for JEE while studying eleventh science at 'Winners Academy' in Alandi.
- •A well-behaved child, Sumit made his first and last wish to go on a trip to Diveagar with classmates after his birthday.
- •His parents, wanting his happiness, allowed the trip, which unfortunately became his last.
- •Sumit's untimely death has left the Ahire family and the entire Alandi area in deep sorrow, shattering his dream of making his parents proud.
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Sumit Bharat Ahire, a 17-year-old student from Alandi who was preparing for JEE, tragically lost his life after being swept away by waves while on a trip to Diveagar beach with his classmates.
Sumit was studying eleventh science and diligently preparing for his JEE to fulfill his dream of becoming an engineer by enrolling in 'Winners Academy' located in Alandi.
Sumit had been a well-behaved child who never insisted on anything since childhood, but he made a wish for the very first time to go on a trip to Diveagar with his classmates, which ultimately turned out to be his last.
