Tonk, June 10 -- Eight people drowned in the Banas River of Rajasthan's Tonk district, police said on Tuesday.

According to the police, a group of 11 people from Jaipur had gone for a picnic on the riverbank when some of them entered the water to bathe and slipped into a deep stretch of the river. Efforts by others in the group to rescue them also turned tragic.

Tonk Superintendent of Police Vikas Sangwan said that three people were rescued in the incident, while eight others lost their lives.

"Eleven adults from Jaipur had come here for a picnic. It appears that a few people from the group entered the river and drowned. When the others tried to save them, they too drowned. Three people were rescued," SP Sangwan said.

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