Shillong, Aug 28 (PTI) Meghalaya Police recovered the semi-decomposed body of Awami League leader Ishaque Ali Khan Panna from a betelnut plantation in Jaintia Hills district bordering Bangladesh, officials said on Wednesday.

The body was discovered on August 26 evening, around 1.5km from the Indo-Bangladesh border, police said.

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SP Giri Prasad said Panna was identified through his passport.

Panna, a former general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League and a prominent member of the Awami League from Pirojpur district, had been on the run following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5, sources said.

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The body has been placed in Khliehriat Civil Hospital for further identification and processing, the SP said.

Initial reports suggested that Panna might have suffered a cardiac arrest while trying to cross the border. However, there are conflicting accounts that say he might have been involved in a shooting incident with the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), police said.

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