India, July 12 -- Two first-year junior college students drowned in a water-filled quarry in Ketkipada, Dahisar East, on Saturday after they unknowingly walked into a deep section of the waterbody during an outing with friends. Police said the quarry had previously been sealed off because of the danger posed by its deep water, but the students managed to find their way around and enter the space.

The deceased, Piyush Gupta, 19, from Marol, and Om Ankush Singh, 19, from Kandivali, were students of Thakur College. They had visited the quarry with classmates Aman Giri, 19, and Divesh Patel, 18, after their classes.

Police said the group spent some time near the quarry before entering the water. While wading through it, Gupta and Singh fail...