The body of a diehard Lionel Messi fan has been fished out from a river near Kottayam, two days after he went missing after his favourite team's shocking loss in the ongoing Fifa World Cup being held in Russia, reports Manorama News.

Binu Alex, 30, was reported missing since Friday. His 'suicide note' saying he has nothing to look forward to now.

He was last seen watching the FifaWorld Cup match, according to his parents, has been missing from the house since 4am, a police officer, told IANS.

A team of police divers and locals on Friday searched the Meenachil river that flows by Arumannoor near here. However, the search was hampered due to heavy downpour. The body was finally found near Illickal.

"A quick search revealed a suicide note in which he says he is leaving the world as he has nothing more to watch and see," said the officer.

A close relative of Alex told IANS that he was a hardcore Messi fan and his mobile phone had a picture of Messi as the wallpaper.

"On Thursday, he purchased a T shirt like the one worn by Messi and sat down to watch the match. In the morning when his mother got up at 4am to prepare food for Alex, she saw that the back door of the kitchen was open and immediately called her husband.

"They then went to check on Alex and found that he was missing," said the relative, adding that police was called then.

Alex was unmarried and works as an accountant in a private company here.

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