India, March 15 -- Four Class 10 students drowned in the Ulhas River on Friday afternoon, when they went to wash off Holi colors. It appeared the teenagers, three of whom dived in to save a fourth who was drowning, misjudged the depth of the water.

Aryan Medar, 15, Omsingh Tomar, 15, Siddharth Singh, 16, and Aryan Singh, 16, were residents of Poddar Housing Complex near Chamtoli in Badlapur. They were in the midst of their Class 10 board exams and were cooling off during the Holi festivities before they resumed their prep for the exams.

Police said the four deceased were part of a group of 10 teenagers who had been celebrating Holi in their housing society. After that, they stepped out for a meal and a dip in the river. Walking along a ...