A Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army, identified as Pradeep Nigam, has gone missing from the army campus in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district, triggering a large-scale search operation by both military and civil authorities. According to police, the officer left the campus for a morning walk on June 2 but never returned.
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Army personnel filed a missing complaint at the Cantonment Police Station the same evening. Acting promptly, police registered a case and began an extensive investigation to trace the officer. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Lokesh Sinha confirmed the matter and said that efforts are being made on all fronts to locate the missing officer.
“A Subedar Major informed us that Lt Col Pradeep Nigam went for a morning walk and has been missing since. A case has been registered, and we have launched a search operation,” ASP Sinha told ANI.
Police are conducting inquiries with individuals connected to the officer, while also gathering technical evidence to determine his last known location and possible route. “We are interrogating all the people associated with him and collecting technical and circumstantial evidence. Every effort is being made to trace him at the earliest,” the ASP added.
Lt Col Nigam, a resident of Gwalior district, was posted at the Sagar army base and is known to have maintained a disciplined routine. His sudden disappearance has raised concern within the Army and local administration alike.
The situation is being closely monitored, and authorities have not ruled out any possibility as the search intensifies.
