Eight college students from Karnataka's Belgaum district today drowned in the sea off the Vayri coast in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra, police said.
They were part of a group of 60 students from the Maratha Engineering College in Belgaum who were in the area on a picnic, police said.
Three students have been rescued and are under medical observation.
Further details are awaited.
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