Body of a bank official, who had been missing for a week from his residence in Haldwani, has been found from Amritsar railway station in Punjab. The matter came to light when the Punjab police informed its Haldwani counterpart about the whereabouts of the missing person on Tuesday.
The deceased, Pradeep Bhatt, who was the manager of a branch of a bank in Nainital, had been missing since February 4. Investigations have revealed that the deceased had left office on February 4, telling the bank staff that he was going to a nearby place for some work. But he did not return home.
Subsequently, the family members took up the matter with the Haldwani police. Haldwani police got into the act to trace the deceased, but it failed to achieve any breakthrough. Finally, the report of his death came when Punjab police informed its Haldwani counterpart.
A team of the Haldwani police along with the family members of the deceased has left for Amritsar to get the body back for cremation. However, how the bank official had reached Amritsar, keeping his family in the dark is being investigated. Police said how he died is being probed into too.