KOLLAM: There is no mystery in the death of Devanandha, said N K Premachandran MP. The death is painful, he said.

The body of six-year-old Devanandha who went missing while playing in front of her house at Elavur yesterday was recovered from Ithikkara River Friday morning. The body was fished out in a search by expert divers of the coastal police. The body was found lying upside down in the water near the bushes. There was a day and night search all over the state yesterday.

She was a class one student of Saraswathy Vidhyaniketan School at Vakkanad. She was the daughter of Pradeep Kumar and Dhanya. Her father who was abroad reached this morning.