Bangladeshi PhD student Limon’s body arrives in Dhaka

The body of Bangladeshi PhD student Zamil Ahamed Limon, who was killed in United States, has arrived in Bangladesh.

An Emirates Airlines flight carrying the remains landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 8:47am on Monday.

The aircraft departed Orlando on Saturday night local time and reached Dhaka via Dubai. Limon’s body will be handed over to his family.

His parents and relatives had been waiting at the airport since morning.

Limon and fellow Bangladeshi PhD student Nahida Sultana Bristy of the University of South Florida went missing on 16 April. Eight days later police recovered Limon’s body.

Limon’s first namaz‑e‑janaza was held on Thursday after Zohr prayers at the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area in the US.

flight limon body — Limon’s body at Orlando International Airport. Photo: Collected

Meanwhile, funeral prayers for fellow victim Nahida Sultana Bristy will be held at the same mosque at 2pm on 6 May. Her body was identified 1 May by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.

With family consent, the Bangladesh Consulate requested release of her remains from the Pinellas County Medical Examiner’s Office, and officials are working to repatriate her at the earliest.

Limon was last seen at the off‑campus apartment he shared with murder suspect Hisham Abugharbieh, 26.