Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- Deputy Inspector General of Police AKM Ehsanullah has gone missing from the Bangladesh Police Academy in Sardah, Rajshahi, in what police sources described as a "mysterious disappearance".

Though he had been absent for two days, the matter came to light on Friday.

Superintendent Saiful Islam at the academy, said: "DIG Ehsanullah has been absent since Wednesday. I heard a team from Dhaka came to detain him. His current whereabouts are unknown. The matter is being investigated."

According to academy sources, a special team from Dhaka went to Sardah on Wednesday morning to arrest Ehsanullah -- currently in charge of the academy's supply division -- over alleged involvement in "crossfire" incidents and extrajudicial killi...