Police said the four first-year commerce students skipped college and visited a quarry near Sanjay Gandhi National Park, where two of them drowned after venturing into deep water they believed was shallow.

Two first-year commerce students from Thakur College drowned in a water-filled quarry in Mumbai's Dahisar East on Saturday after entering the water without realising its depth, police said.

The deceased were identified as Om Singh (19), a resident of Andheri East, and Piyush Gupta (18), a resident of Kandivali East. Police have registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR) in the case.

Students Skipped College to Visit Quarry

According to the Dahisar police, the two students had gone to the quarry along with two friends Aman Giri (17) and Divyesh Patel (17) who are also first-year commerce students at Thakur College.