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.

(With inputs from agencies.)