Missing Messi fan's body found in Kerala river
Kottayam , June 24 : Two days after he went missing after Croatia whipped Argentina, the body of a 30-year-old Lionel Messi fan was found floating in Meenachil river near Kottayam town in Kerala.
According to police, a group of people who had come to take a bath in the river on Sunday found the body of Binu Alex. Alex's relatives identified the body.
The body apparently floated some 30 km downstream from his house at Arumannoor. Alex, a diehard Messi fan, was devastated after Argentina was thrashed by Croatia on June 21 0-3.
He was last seen by his mother watching the match on TV. She told him to go to bed as he had to go to work the next day.
But on Friday, his mother found the kitchen door wide open and Alex was missing.
A suicide note was recovered from the house in which Alex wrote: "I have no more interest in this world. I am proceeding towards death and none is responsible."
A police dog traced Alex's final journey to the river that was in spate.
Alex was unmarried and worked as an accountant in a private company here.
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Air India Express introduces late-night Bengaluru–Mangaluru service
International services at M’luru cancelled on March 7
Mangaluru: Air India Express will introduce a late-night daily flight service on the Bengaluru–Mangaluru–Bengaluru sector starting March 10, 2026.
According to the sources, flight IX 5971 will depart from Bengaluru at 9.25 pm and arrive in Mangaluru at 10.40 pm. The return flight, IX 5972, will depart from Mangaluru at 11.10 pm and reach Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, at 12.20 am.
The additional service will operate daily and will remain in effect until March 28, 2026.
Meanwhile, Air India Express has cancelled all its scheduled international flights from Mangaluru International Airport (IXE) on March 7 due to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.
The Bengaluru–Mangaluru sector already has multiple daily services. Apart from Air India Express, IndiGo also operates flights on this route.
