Souvik Pal's body to arrive on Thursday

January 29, 2013 10:00

The body of Souvik Pal, the 19-year-old student found dead in a canal in Old Trafford in Manchester, is expected to arrive in Bangalore by 8 am on Thursday, according to a report in The Hindu.

Family friend Rudra Roy said that Souvik's father Santanu Pal will accompany the coffin.

Souvik, a product design student of Manchester Metropolitan University, went missing from a nightclub on New Year's Eve, triggering a much-publicised search. The body was recovered on January 22.

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