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.