Dhaka, May 3 -- The body of Zamil Ahamed Limon, a Bangladeshi student killed in the US, has left Orlando International Airport in Florida for Dhaka.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement confirming that his remains left for Bangladesh on Saturday evening, local time.

The Emirates Airlines flight departed at 9:50pm on Saturday, said Golam Mortoza, a spokesman for the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, DC.

Bangladesh Consul General in Miami Sehely Sabrin was at the airport and supervised the repatriation process, he said.

The body is expected to arrive at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport via Dubai at 8:40am on Monday.

Officials from the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, DC, and the Bangladesh Consulate General...