Malappuram: The Tanur police on Thursday confirmed that the two missing Plus Two students from its jurisdiction had been traced to Mumbai, Maharashtra. “We obtained visuals of them getting a haircut at a salon in Mumbai. A police team will leave for Mumbai immediately for further investigation,” Tanur SHO told Onmanorama.

Earlier in the day, CCTV footage surfaced showing the girls, Fathima Shahada (16) and Ashwathi (16), at Tirur railway station. They had initially left home in their school uniforms but were later seen dressed in formal attire. Both are students of Devadhar Higher Secondary School, Tanur.

The duo had left their homes around Wednesday noon, claiming they were heading for the exam. While they were spotted near the school, they did not attend the test. Their teachers, noticing their absence, alerted their parents. After an initial search yielded no results, the parents approached the police by evening and filed a complaint.

Their mobile phones remained switched off except for a brief moment when a location was detected in Kozhikode around 2 pm on Wednesday. Further investigation revealed that a call had been made to their phones from a SIM card registered to a person in Edavanna, Malappuram. The call’s tower location was traced to Maharashtra, police said.