India has said that it does not have any information about a retired Pakistani army officer who went missing from Lumbini last week.

Speaking at a weekly press conference, Spokesperson for Indian Ministry of External Affairs Gopal Baglay said he did not have information about the “capture of retired Pakistani army officer”.

The officer, identified as Rtd Lt Col Mohammad Habib, has been untraceable after he last contacted his family on April 6 soon after his arrival in Lumbini and his phone numbers have been unreachable since.