New Delhi [India], June 7 (HBTV): Four Indian students from Jalgaon district in Maharashtra who were studying in a university in Russia drowned in the Volkhov river, India’s External Affairs ministry said on Friday. A fifth student has been safely rescued, updates said. 

"Our Consulate in St. Petersburg remains in contact with the university and local authorities and is providing all possible assistance," the ministry said in a statement today.         

Local emergency services have so far recovered two dead bodies from the Volkhov river, it said, adding that the Indian consulate in St Petersburg is coordinating with local authorities for the repatriation of the bodies.   

"We offer our condolences to the families. The search for the remaining two missing students continues, the external affairs ministry said.  

All five students involved in the accident belong to Jalgaon district of Maharashtra and were studying at the Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University in Veliky Novgorod of Russia. 

On Thursday, the four Indian students drowned in Volkhov river, with a fifth student narrowly escaping and currently receiving medical attention.    

The Indian embassy has assured that the authorities are working to send the bodies to the relatives as soon as possible.

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