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. -- PTI

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