Dhaka, May 20 -- A sub-inspector of Dhaka's Kalabagan Police Station, who went missing nearly three weeks ago, has been found at a government hospital in the capital.

Rakibul Hasan Sarkar, 32, was located at the Government Employees Hospital near Gulistan in the early hours of Wednesday, 20 days after he mysteriously vanished from his workplace.

According to the police, Rakibul had been secretly living in various residential hotels across Dhaka during his period of disappearance.

Due to an irregular diet and severe physical exhaustion while in "hiding", he fell ill and went to the hospital to seek medical care.

People at the hospital recognised the missing officer when he arrived for treatment and immediately alerted the local police ...