Overview
- Hostel staff forced open a locked room around 5 a.m. in Kollam after the girls missed training and found both hanging from ceiling fans.
- Police identified the trainees as Sandra from Kozhikode and Vyshnavi from Thiruvananthapuram, an athletics student in Class 12 and a Class 10 kabaddi player, respectively.
- Investigators said Vyshnavi was allotted a different room but spent the previous night in Sandra’s room, and both were seen by other residents late at night or early morning.
- An FIR for unnatural death has been registered at Kollam East police station, with statements to be taken from trainees, staff, trainers and relatives while phones are examined.
- No suicide note has been recovered and the cause remains undetermined, with officials reporting no indication of foul play so far as SAI cooperates with the inquiry.