KOLLAM: The body of six-year-old Devanandha, who was missing at Pallimon Elavur in Kollam, was found Friday morning after the prayers of Keralites yielded no results.

The body was fished out from the Ithikkara River which is near her house by the divers of the police department Friday morning at 7.30 am. Actors Mammootty, Dulquer Salman, Kunchacko Boban, Aju Varghese and many others have paid rich tributes to Devanandha via social media.

All her prayers have turned futile, said actor Kunchacko Boban. Devanandha has bid good-bye. Condolences, the actor wrote in his Facebook page.

We should all keep our eyes open for the safety of women and children, said actor Aju Varghese. I wish this would be the last such incident. Hope law and order system bring out the hands behind it, he said.

The girl had gone missing while she was playing in the courtyard of her house Thursday morning at 10.30 am. She was missing from Elavur Dhaneesh Bhavan in Kollam which is her mother’s house. She was a class one student of Saraswathy Vidhyaniketan School at Vakkanad.

Though a search was conducted by the police, fire force, neighbours and the local residents, the child was not found.