4 Class 10 Students Drown in Ulhas River While Bathing

Four Class 10 students drowned in the Ulhas River on Friday afternoon, when they went to wash off Holi colors.

- Anamika Gharat

THANE: It appeared the teenagers, three of whom dived in to save a fourth who was drowning, misjudged the depth of the water.

Aryan Medar, 15, Omsingh Tomar, 15, Siddharth Singh, 16, and Aryan Singh, 16, were residents of Poddar Housing Complex near Chamtoli in Badlapur. They were in the midst of their Class 10 board exams and were cooling off during the Holi festivities before they resumed their prep for the exams.

Police said the four deceased were part of a group of 10 teenagers who had been celebrating Holi in their housing society. After that, they stepped out for a meal and a dip in the river. Walking along a narrow pathway beside the Baroda National Highway, eight of them decided to take a swim.

Police said one of the boys dived in but started flailing in the water, prompting three others to jump in to save him. All four disappeared into the water, leaving the remaining four boys to rush out, shouting for help.