Three 21-year-old students pursuing B.Pharma in a private college in Bengaluru drowned in Srinivasa Sagar reservoir in Chikkaballapur on Saturday.
The deceased have been identified as Imran, Radhika and Pooja, who had gone on a bike ride to Srinivas Sagar along with three others.
Even though they didn’t know how to swim, the trio stepped into the water and started clicking pictures. They then slipped and drowned. The other three raised an alarm, prompting passers-by to rush to their aid. Some villagers jumped into the water and pulled out Pooja and others. According to the Chikballapur rural police, after registering a case of unnatural death, Pooja was alive, but by the time she was taken to the hospital, it was too late.