Two students of a college in Mangaluru who had gone missing since February 1, have been traced at Shoranur in Kerala on Thursday, police said.

Both the girls aged 17 studying at St Aloysius Pre-University College, were found near the railway station at Shoranur.

The girls decided to leave their homes as they were disappointed with the low marks they scored in exams and were not interested in continuing their studies.

Mangaluru North police team has left for Shoranur to bring back the girls who had disappeared after attending classes on Monday last, police said.

The girls had left the college at around 2.30 pm on that day.

The city police commissioner M Chandra Sekhar had formed a special team to locate the students.

The parents of the girls registered a missing complaint with the Mangaluru north police station the same evening.

Both the students were studying commerce.

Photos of the girls were published in the social media seeking the co-operation of the public in the search.