The students attended Winners Academy, a coaching institute based in Alandi, and were enrolled in Classes XI and XII, according to information reported by The Hindu and Hindustan Times.
According to Hindustan Times, the group comprised 48 people: 25 boys, 17 girls and six teachers. The group was at the beach as part of an institute outing.
The precise circumstances of the drowning have not been independently established in the available material. Times of India, however, reports that the students were allegedly swept away after misjudging the depth of the water and the strength of the current.
Times of India reports that rescue teams responded at the scene and that the operation led to the recovery of all eight bodies. Hindustan Times also reported the recovery of all the victims.
The publications did not all describe the same stage of the operation: an India Today headline initially indicated that seven bodies had been found, while other reports later said that all eight had been recovered. The material provided interprets the difference as a possible variation in the timing of updates.
According to Times of India, legal and administrative procedures were initiated in the area, and several Maharashtra ministers expressed condolences or sought information about the incident.
The sources agree that eight students drowned during the outing at Diveagar beach, but the available material does not provide the victims’ names or exact ages and does not make it possible to determine the date of the incident with certainty based solely on the publication dates.