Engineering college students drown off Marina beach, two feared dead

A student of a private engineering college died and two others were feared dead after they drowned off the Marina beach here Sunday, police said

Dinesh Kumar died when he was being taken to a hospital, while the other two -- Jayakeerthi Verma and Bharadwaj -- who are missing, are feared dead, a police officer said.

"The engineering college students seem to have ventured into the water at around 2 pm Sunday. While Kumar was quickly rescued by police, two others went missing," the officer said.

Police, along with local fishermen, are involved in efforts to find the two, he said.