Kottayam: The body of a soccer-crazy young man has been found out from a river here, two days after he went missing soon after his favourite team's shocking loss in the ongoing FIFA World Cup being held in Russia.
Dinu Alex, 30, had walked out of his house at Arumanoor after writing a suicide note. He was apparently shattered by Argentina's crushing defeat against Croatia in the World Cup.
He was reported missing since 5 am on Friday. His 'suicide note' stated that he was leaving his house because he could not bear Argentina's defeat.
Fire force personnel had searched the length and breadth of the Meenachil river that flows near his house. However, the search was hampered due to heavy downpour. The body was finally found at Illickal.
A far superior Croatia had stunned heavyweights Argentina 3-0 to qualify for the knockout stages and left their opponents' fate hanging by a thread in a crunch Group D encounter on Thursday.
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