Ex-BCL leader Panna strangled to death, says autopsy report

An autopsy report suggested that Bangladesh Chhatra League's former general secretary, Ishaque Ali Khan Panna, have been strangulated to death, NDTV reported.

The postmortem report said he died because of strangulation -- "the cause of the death is asphyxia caused by throttling". The body has been sent for forensic analysis, India's Meghalaya police told NDTV.

There were also multiple lacerations on the body. There were abrasions and bruises on the forehead "which could indicate a struggle by the victim," the report added.

Meghalaya police said the semi-decomposed body of Panna was found inside a betel-nut plantation in East Jaintia Hills' Dona Bhoi village on August 26, according to the NDTV report.

The area is 1.5 km from the India- Bangladesh border.