Two IIM students drown in Indore's Choral river

Indore: Two students of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Indore drowned in the Choral River near the city while on a picnic. The bodies were recovered yesterday, police said.

Nitesh Agrawal and Neha Singh, both second year postgraduate students of the IIM, had gone to the picnic spot near Choral Dam, 20km from Indore, along with two other friends on Saturday evening.

The two reportedly went and sat on a stone in the middle of the river despite warnings from villagers and were swept away by strong currents.

"The water came gushing from the mountains to the river. Villagers had warned the students to come out of the water but they didn't listen. The water came with so much force that it swept them away," a police official said.

Their screams for help were muffled by the sound of the gushing water and all attempts to save them were in vain as darkness hindered rescue work.