Two women employees of IT firm IBM from Pune on Sunday drowned at Kashid beach in Raigad district, about 40 kms from here, police said.
Pooja Rao (21) and Pavani P. (22), both working at the software firm's IT Park office at Hinjewadi in Pune, swept away by strong water current at the beach off the Arabian sea, they said.
The victims were part of a group of picnickers comprising six men and nine women, police said, adding efforts are on to trace their bodies.