Indian police return remains of Bangladeshi after 9 months

Indian police handed over the remains of a Bangladeshi man to Bangladesh police at Banglabandha Check Post in Tentulia on Saturday almost nine months after his death.

Abdus Salam, 32, of Satmera Kaharpara in Panchagarh Sadar was beaten to death by a mob at a village in Jalpaiguri of West Bengal on August 24, 2022.

Police said the mob thought he was a cattle-thief.

Abdul Latif Mia, officer-in-charge of Panchagarh Sadar Police Station, said after Salam was killed, a case was filed with Rajganj Police Station.

When his family members came to know what had happened from social media, they informed the local administration.

Officials later started corresponding with their counterparts in India about Salam's body.

The victim's elder brother Alam said what remained of the body was almost a skeleton.