Pune: In order to de-stress and have fun post their first year examination, a group of 10 management students from a Pune-based college decided to go on a short bike trip to Mulshi Dam on Wednesday afternoon.

However, the day culminated into a nightmare when three of them drowned in the dam backwaters early on Thursday. The police have identified the deceased as Sangeeta Negi, 21, from New Delhi; Shubham Raj Sinha, 22, from Patna; and Shiv Kumar, 22, from Uttar Pradesh.