District Police Commissioner (Kollam) Kiran Narayanan has ordered a probe into the tragic deaths of two teenage athletes at a Sports activities Authority of India (SAI) hostel.
A six-member particular investigation group has been fashioned beneath the supervision of Kollam ACP S. Sherif and might be headed by Kollam East Circle Inspector Pushpakumar. The group has already began recording statements from fellow trainees and hostel employees, specializing in the contents of a suicide be aware recovered from the sufferer’s garments throughout police interrogation.
The victims, 17-year-old Sandra from Kozhikode and 15-year-old Vaishnavi from Thiruvananthapuram, have been discovered lifeless of their third-floor room early Thursday morning. The incident was found round 5 a.m. when a classmate awakened for morning observe and located the door locked from the within. When the ladies didn’t reply, the hostel supervisor and different prisoners pressured the door open. District authorities, together with Collector and District Superintendent of Police (Kollam Metropolis), reached the spot and supervised the authorized proceedings and assortment of scientific proof.
Instantly after the incident, 5 counselors have been despatched to the hostel to offer psychological well being help to the 80 trainees residing within the hostel. These periods are anticipated to proceed within the coming days.
In response to the tragedy and subsequent allegations in opposition to the power’s administration, the district police chief has mandated rigorous security audits of all services housing minors within the metropolis, together with faculties, orphanages and training facilities. Station officers have been directed to personally examine these places to establish safety gaps and supply vital consciousness coaching to guards and employees to forestall such incidents sooner or later.
