Two college students drown in sea near Ennore
Two engineering students drowned while swimming at Ennore beach in Tamil Nadu on Saturday. Local authorities and rescue teams recovered the bodies after the group was caught in strong currents.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the dangers of coastal currents and the risks associated with recreational activities at unsupervised beaches.
A leisure trip to the beach ended in tragedy after two students of a private engineering college drowned while swimming off Bharathiyar Beach in Ennore on Saturday (July 25, 2026) morning.
The deceased were identified as Keerthika (19), a third-year B.Tech Information Technology student from Puducherry, and Akash (20), a second-year B.E. Electrical and Electronics Engineering student from Avadi, the Ennore police said.
According to the police, the victims were part of a group of five friends from a private engineering college in Soorapattu, Tiruvallur district, who had gone to the beach to swim and shoot videos for social media. The group also comprised Pavithra (18), a second-year B.Tech IT student, Shivani (19), a third-year B.Tech IT student, and Tharun (21), a B.Sc. graduate.
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