Officers have reportedly detained his 33-year-old mother, Rosie Kular.
The discovery of the body was revealed in a dramatic 1am press conference that brought to an end 48 hours of increasingly frantic searches for Mikaeel, who was reported missing by his mother on Thursday morning.
Hundreds of members of the public joined police and specialist teams combing the area of Edinburgh where he lived.
Speaking outside police headquarters in the city, Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham said: ‘I can confirm that we have recovered the body of a young boy in Fife before midnight. We have informed the family and the investigation continues.
‘We have detained a person in connection with the death.’
He thanked members of the public for assisting with the searches.
Mikaeel had not been seen at his nursery since before Christmas.
Police confirmed teachers had not seen him at Flora Stevenson primary school nursery in Edinburgh for almost a month because of an apparent chest infection.
They had contacted ports and airports nationwide amid fears he could have been taken out of the country.
Mikaeel was first reported missing on Thursday morning by his mother, who said she went to his room at their Edinburgh flat to wake him and was horrified to discover he had disappeared from his bed overnight.
Also gone were his beige hooded coat, multi-coloured gloves and brown Velcro shoes.
Mothers of children in their class confirmed last night that he had been absent before he was reported missing.
Michaela Reynolds, 27, said Miss Kular took Ashika to the nursery on Wednesday morning, but Mikaeel was nowhere to be seen. Mounted police and others with dogs were among hundreds of officers looking for Mikaeel, and hundreds of local residents joined in, including mothers pushing prams.
Nicola Hunter, 31, from Muirhouse, who has two sons aged 11 and five, said: ‘I am a mum and I just want to try and help.’
Inspector David Happs said: ‘The community spirit has been fantastic.’
Nicola Hunter, 31, from Muirhouse, who has two sons aged 11 and five, said: ‘I am a mum and I just want to try and help.’
Inspector David Happs said: ‘The community spirit has been fantastic.’
Other emergency services and local organisations have also joined the effort. A Child Rescue Alert has been issued to all UK forces and a missing person appeal is to be displayed on digital billboards across the country.
Neighbours claimed that it was unlikely the boy left home of his own accord as the apartment block front door is so heavy
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