Bhubaneswar, Feb. 29 -- Koraput: A birthday celebration turned into a tragedy in Odisha after three college students drowned in Kolab dam in Koraput on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Sandip Pujari and Ramakant Patnaik of Malkangiri district and Manmath Samal from Koraput.

As per reports, seven students of Koraput government college had gone to the reservoir to celebrate birthday of one of their friends when the mishap occurred. All the victims were Plus-II second year students of Computer Science and the mishap occurred when they were taking bath in the backwater of the reservoir.

Sources said the students went to the reservoir to celebrate a birthday as examinations are going on in almost all the departments of the coll...