Overview

• Lt Col Pradeep Kumar Nigam, posted at the Mahar Regiment Centre in Sagar, went missing during his routine morning walk on June 2.
• Army officials filed a missing person report at Cantt Police Station and police immediately registered a case and launched search efforts.
• On June 5, authorities traced an ATM transaction that led them to a hotel in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, where Nigam was located in the same clothes he wore when he disappeared.
• He was found unharmed and promptly reunited with his family following his discovery.
• Investigators are interviewing his associates and gathering technical evidence to clarify the reasons for his unexpected interstate journey.