The body of Indian student Souvik Pal, who died under mysterious circumstances in Manchester would be arriving in Bengaluru on Thursday.

The boy's father Santanu Pal would be bringing the body, they said. 

"Santanu Pal will arrive with Souvik's body at the Bengaluru International Airport Limited," a close family friend of Sanatu Pal said. The last rites of 19-year-old Souvik would be performed at Hebbal Crematorium.

Souvik, a student of Manchester Metropolitan University, was missing since a New Year's Eve party in Manchester. His body was found by specialist officers in Bridgewater Canal, near Manchester United's Old Trafford football ground on January 22.

Souvik had enrolled for product design course at Manchester Metropolitan University. He disappeared on a night out at the Warehouse Project in Trafford, Greater Manchester.