India, April 13 -- The mother of a 23-year-old student, who died after allegedly drowning in a water-filled pit in Sector 94 here, has accused his son's friends of not attempting to save him and alleged that she was not informed about his death in time.

An FIR has been registered against three students, Krish, Himanshu, and Vyas, based on a complaint filed by the deceased's family, police said, adding that further investigation into the case is underway.

The deceased, Harshit Bhatt, a final-year Bachelor of Physical Education student at a private university, had gone on a picnic, with three others, to an abandoned construction site within the Sector 126 police station area on Wednesday evening after their examinations ended, they said....