Decomposed body of Bangladesh leader Ishaque Ali Khan Panna found in Meghalaya

Shillong: Meghalaya Police has registered a case to probe the death of a prominent Awami League leader of Bangladesh, Ishaque Ali Khan Panna, whose body was found in a betel nut plantation in East Jaintia Hills district earlier this week.
SP (East Jaintia Hills) Giri Prasad M on Thursday said investigation into the matter was under way.
“On the evening of August 26, one unknown male dead body in a semi decomposed state was found lying in a betel nut plantation located in Dona Bhoi area of East Jaintia Hills, which is approximately 1.5km from the India-Bangladesh border.A Bangladesh passport bearing the name of Shri Ishaque Ali Khan Panna was recovered from the dead body,” the SP said in a statement.
After observing all the formalities at the place of occurence, the body was shifted to Khliehriat Civil Hospital in the district for post-mortem examination. The body has since been kept in the morgue at the hospital for identification and claiming of the same, the SP said, adding “we are also taking up the matter with the deputy commissioner so that the relatives can identify the body.”
Panna was the general secretary of Chhatra League, the student wing of Awami League.
Bangladesh media had on August 25 said the student leader died in Meghalaya after fleeing his country. Reports also said a relative of Panna had said the latter had slipped from a ‘hill in Shillong’ and died of a heart attack while the information received by another relative was that he entered Meghalaya through Tamabil in Sylhet close to Dawki.
The police chiefs of both West and East Jaintia Hills districts and the BSF Meghalaya Frontier had then denied having any information regarding the matter.