Kodagu, May 24 -- A 9-year-old girl from Kodagu made an emotional appeal to the local police to find the missing mobile phone of her mother who died of COVID-19 since it contained photos and memories of her mother.

The child's letter is now going viral on social media, with everyone appealing police to take swift action.

Hritiksha, a Class 4 student who resides in Kushalnagar area, wrote in the letter that her family of three tested positive for COVID-19 recently and were under home quarantine for a few days. Later, when her mother's health deteriorated, she was admitted into Madikeri COVID-19 hospital.

She further wrote, "My father is a daily wage worker and we were able to survive these days with the help of neighbours. But my mother...