Sharing details in a post on X, the Embassy said, "In a tragic accident in Oskemen, a group of 11 Indian students from Semey Medical University, who were on an excursion trip to the Altai Mountains (East Kazakhstan), encountered an accident on their way back to Oskemen City."
Initially, one of the students drowned due to the strong currents in the Kaveri river. Following this, the three others tried to help but drowned one by one, police said.