Srinagar, Aug 1: The Border Security Force (BSF) trooper, who had gone missing from Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar, was traced in Delhi on Friday, said officials here.
BSF trooper Sugam Choudhary, a general duty constable, went missing from his battalion headquarters in the Panthachowk area of Srinagar on Thursday evening.
The BSF and local police started a massive search to trace the trooper after lodging a missing report at the local police station.
“A resident of Uttar Pradesh, the general duty constable belonged to ‘C’ company of 60 battalion. Despite search efforts in nearby areas, including bus and taxi stands and the Railway Station Nowgam Srinagar, he could not be traced. A missing report was lodged at Police Station Panthachowk by the unit,” officials said earlier.
A senior BSF officer confirmed that Choudhary has been traced in Delhi.
“He was found travelling towards his home without proper permission,” the officer said, adding that a departmental inquiry would be ordered into the matter.
The officer had earlier in the day ruled out any subversive angle in the incident.
More details will come to the fore once his statement is recorded, said the officials.
BSF jawan goes missing, traced in Delhi
