Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 16 -- Two teenage girl athletes allegedly died by suicide in their room at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) hostel in Kerala's Kollam district, police said on Thursday.

The victims, a 15-year-old from Kozhikode district and a 17-year-old from Thiruvananthapuram district, were found dead in their room in the early hours of Thursday. Hostel authorities had entered the room after the girls did not report for the morning training session and repeated knocks on the door went unanswered.

"They were supposed to sleep in separate rooms, but spent the night in the same room on Thursday," a senior officer at the Kollam East police station said on condition of anonymity. "We have recovered a suicide note from the room i...