The body of Awami League leader Ishaque Ali Khan Panna, recovered in India's Meghalaya, has been handed over to his family.
The body was brought in through the Tamabil Immigration Check Post in Sylhet's Gowainghat Upazila around 11:30am on Saturday, according to the Upazila's executive officer Md Touhidul Islam.
"Representatives from the BGB and BSF were present during the handover," he said. "Immigration police personnel from the two countries were also present. The body was released to Ishaque Ali Khan Panna's nephew afterwards." Meghalaya police officially announced the recovery of Panna's body on Thursday.
The decomposing body was found at a betel nut plantation in Dona Bhoi village in the East Jaintia Hills area on August 26, nearly 1.5km from the Bangladesh-India border, they said in a press release.
Panna's identity was confirmed through a passport found with the body. Police sources told NDTV that the postmortem report said Panna died because of strangulation -- "the cause of the death is asphyxia caused by throttling".
There were also multiple injuries on the body, including lacerations, abrasions, and bruises "which could indicate a struggle by the victim," the report added.