The bodies of the three students, who went missing at frozen Sanctuary Falls of the picturesque Dzukou valley at Khonoma village in Kohima district, were found today.
State police, Army and National Disaster Response Force from Guwahati helped in finding the the bodies after 72 hours of search operations, the police said.
Volunteers from Khonoma and surrounding villages, the police and Army are carrying the bodies from the spot to Khonoma village for funeral.
Three teenagers drowned in the frozen lake on December 26 after the icy upper layer of the lake caved in when they along with some friends who had been to the spot for a picnic were posing for a photograpgh, the police said.