Dhaka, Oct. 30 -- Former Bangladesh Air Force officer Tahsif Souri jumped into the Turag River while fleeing a police chase near Tongi's Mazar slum, according to the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI).

The account emerged after investigators took his "friend-like younger brother" Ahmed Shahriar Reza Dwip to the area to reconstruct the events surrounding Tahsif's disappearance.

A PBI officer said on Friday that Dwip had hidden behind a Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) boundary marker numbered 29 after police chased them, while Tahsif jumped into the river.

Dwip later left the area when he got the opportunity and returned home at around 2:30am, the officer added.

The area is known as a drug hotspot. Asked why the tw...