Two IIM-Indore students drown

A friendship's day picnic turned horribly wrong for two IIM-Indore students who were swept away by strong currents of the Choral river while taking a swim.

Their screams for help were muffled by the sound of the gushing water. All attempts to save them went in vain and they eventually drowned in the river.

The body of both the victims, Nitesh Agarwal from Delhi and Neha Singh from Hyderabad have been recovered.

''It was raining Saturday night. Today when we resumed rescue operations, we found the first body four kms away and the second one was recovered 8 kms from here,'' said Angshuman Yadav, SP, Indore.

The relatives of the victims are in shock over the abruptness of the event.

''We got to know at 7:30. His friends and villagers were trying to rescue. When they didn't find the body, they called home. We are not able to contact anyone.

The authorities are not even talking to us properly,'' said Kanika Agarwal, Nitesh's sister-in-law

Both were second year post graduate students. They had gone to the Choral picnic spot along with two other friends.

''My son had also gone with four of his friends. His name is Vishal. We lost all hope after 6:30, when they stopped the rescue operations sighting electricity problems,'' said the mother of one of Nitesh's friends who had gone with them.

The director of IIM-Indore, SP Parashar said that the students had been warned about swimming in the area.

''The water came gushing from the mountains to the river. Villagers had warned the students to come out of the water but they did not listen.

''The water came with so much force that it swept them away,'' said Piyush Tiwari, Eyewitness

Though attempts were made to save the students, all of them proved futile as darkness hindered rescue work.

The incident has left the student fraternity in shock.

An abrupt end

Nitesh was 24 years old and was a bright student.

His family says he had a bright career ahead of him, he had scored 99.4 per cent in his first year at IIM.

He had studied at Greenfields School in Delhi. He also had a Bachelors degree in Information Technology.

He would have completed his masters from IIM in another six months.