The body was brought in through the Tamabil Immigration Check Post in Sylhet’s Gowainghat Upazila on Saturday afternoon.

Sylhet district police media officer Samrat Talukder confirmed this information.

“Family members of Panna have received the body and are heading towards his hometown Pirojpur,” said Samrat Talukder.

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 26 August, nearly 1.5km from the Bangladesh-India border.

Panna’s identity was confirmed through a passport found with the body.