She called at night, was quite happy, says father
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 17 -- "If there was anything going on in the SAI hostel that bothered my daughter, she would have told me. That's what shocks me," said the father of one of the two girls, who were found dead at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) hostel in Kerala's Kollam, adding she had phoned a few hours prior to her death.
The Class 10 student, a resident of Thiruvananthapuram, along with a Class 12 student from Kozhikode, were found hanging in the same hostel room inside the SAI campus early Thursday. Police found handwritten notes in their pockets. The father, whose daughter was a state-level kabbadi player and got selected to SAI one-and-a-half years ago, expressed disbelief at the possibility of her taking such an extreme step.
"On the day prior to her death, she had a kabaddi match in Kalluvathukkal which her team won. She was quite happy. She wanted to celebrate the win with milkshakes with her teammates, and I had sent her some money. After reaching the hostel, she had phoned us on our landline and spoke quite normally. She did not say anything that would suggest that she was in any mental trauma," the father, who runs a food cart, told HT on Friday.
"What could have happened in the span of a few hours post that phone call that compelled her to take such a step? I cannot believe it," he added.
The father said that he has not seen the alleged suicide note of his daughter. "I was told by the police that she had asked for forgiveness from her parents in the note. She also said something about the warden. I don't have more details," he said.
On the directions of the police, five counsellors reached the SAI hostel on Friday and took statements from the residents....
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