General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena organisation Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera has gone missing since yesterday, Police sources said.

They said the Police teams investigating into the monk had failed to locate him.

Four police teams have been deployed to arrest Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera in connection with  several incidents including obstructing police officers to carry out their duties and making hate speeches that would lead to communal unrest.

Court has also issued an order preventing the Thera from leaving the country on a request made by police.

Meanwhile, Ganasara Thera's supporters had organised protest campaigns in several places of the country in support of the Buddhist monk