GUWAHATI
“Police in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district discovered the decomposed physique of a Bangladesh Awami League chief on August 26,” officers confirmed on Wednesday (August 28, 2024) night.
The physique was present in a betel nut plantation within the Dona Bhoi space, about 1.5 km contained in the India-Bangladesh border. The world falls underneath the Umkiang police station.
District Superintendent of Police Giri Prasad advised district reporters that Ishaq Ali Khan Panna was recognized from a passport discovered on his physique. “The physique was taken to Khliehriat Civil Hospital (district headquarters) for autopsy and additional investigation,” he stated.
Panna, a former common secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League, was a senior chief of the Awami League in Bangladesh’s Pirojpur district. The 60-year-old went into hiding after the autumn of Sheikh Hasina’s authorities on August 5.
Bangladeshi media stories stated he and a few others tried to cross into Meghalaya by way of Tamabil space of Sylhet district on August 24 and reached a hill at 6 am.
He reportedly suffered respiratory issues, collapsed and died. Some Dhaka publications stated he may need died after being chased by Border Safety Drive (BSF) personnel. The BSF has denied these stories, calling them false and fabricated.
“BSF Meghalaya Frontier strongly refutes the deceptive stories circulating in reputed media homes concerning the demise of former Awami League chief Ishak Ali Khan Panna in Indian territory within the Sylhet border space. There was no latest report of any infiltration or unlawful entry of Bangladeshi nationals into the realm of accountability of BSF Meghalaya Frontier alongside the India-Bangladesh border. The story being circulated is totally fabricated and BSF has no involvement within the unlucky demise of Panna,” stated an announcement issued by BSF spokesperson Trideep Sangma on August 26.
The Bangladesh Deputy Excessive Fee workplace in Guwahati didn’t take calls. A report by the Dhaka Tribune Mr Panna’s brother, Zafar Ali Khan, has requested the Bangladesh International Ministry to repatriate his physique from India.
