Kerala: 2 girl trainee athletes found hanging at Sports Authority of India hostel; probe underway

KOCHI: Two girls who were sports trainees staying astatine a Sports Authority of India (SAI) hostel successful Kerala were recovered hanging successful a country connected Thursday, constabulary said. According to quality bureau PTI, the deceased person been identified arsenic Sandra (17) from Kozhikode territory and Vyshnavi (15) from Thiruvananthapuram district. According to police, Sandra was an athletics trainee studying successful Plus Two, portion Vyshnavi was a kabaddi subordinate and a Class 10 student. The incidental came to airy astir 5am erstwhile chap hostel inmates noticed that the duo had not reported for the greeting grooming session. "When repeated knocks connected the doorway went unanswered, hostel authorities broke unfastened the doorway and recovered some girls hanging from ceiling fans successful the room," constabulary said. Police said Vyshnavi was staying successful a antithetic country but had spent Wednesday nighttime successful Sandra’s room. Both were seen by different hostel inmates aboriginal successful the morning, constabulary added. Kollam East constabulary person launched a probe into the incident. "The crushed for the deaths is yet to beryllium ascertained and nary termination enactment has been recovered from the room," constabulary officials said. Police volition grounds statements from different sportspersons successful the hostel, their trainers and relatives, an authoritative said. The bodies volition beryllium handed implicit to relatives aft post-mortem examinations, constabulary added.