Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Army Soldier Missing in Haryana for More Than a Year
Lance Naik Thota Anil is an Army soldier from Telangana.
He disappeared while working at an Army facility in Haryana.
This happened on August 8, 2025.
His wife says the family was told he was missing the day after they last spoke.
The family wants officials to check cameras and phone records.
They say the cameras were not working because of a power cut.
More than a year later, no one knows where Anil is.
His wife and their two-year-old son are living with the uncertainty.
The family and a former servicemen’s group are asking the government to investigate urgently.
Lance Naik Thota Anil has been missing since August 8, 2025, while on duty in Ambala Cantonment.
Anil was serving at the 33 Field Ammunition Depot in Haryana when he disappeared under suspicious circumstances.
His wife, Anusha, said officials told the family he was missing after their final phone conversation on August 7.
The family says it requested CCTV and mobile-record checks, but was told cameras were not working because of a power cut.
Despite appeals to the Ministry of Defence, police and political leaders, Anil’s whereabouts remain unknown.
- Who
- Lance Naik Thota Anil, an Army soldier from Ailapur in Nandipet mandal, Nizamabad district, is missing.
- What
- Anil disappeared under suspicious circumstances while on duty, and efforts to determine his whereabouts have not produced a breakthrough.
- When
- He went missing on August 8, 2025, after speaking with his wife on August 7.
- Where
- He was serving at the 33 Field Ammunition Depot in Ambala Cantonment, Haryana.
- Why
- The reason for his disappearance is unknown; his family is seeking further investigation and checks of CCTV footage and mobile records.
Family and ex-servicemen’s association
Officials’ reported response
Investigation and accountability
Family and ex-servicemen’s association
The family and ex-servicemen’s association say officials have failed to trace Anil and are urging immediate action by the Defence Ministry.
Officials’ reported response
The article reports no official explanation for the disappearance or investigation outcome beyond the lack of a breakthrough.
CCTV evidence
Family and ex-servicemen’s association
Anusha says she asked the Army to verify CCTV footage and mobile records to help locate Anil.
Officials’ reported response
She says officials told the family that the cameras were not working because of a power cut.
- Missing soldier
- Lance Naik Thota Anil
- Army number
- 15825830P
- Date missing
- August 8, 2025
- Duty location
- 33 Field Ammunition Depot, Ambala Cantonment
- Army enlistment
- September 21, 2015, at the AOC Centre, Secunderabad
- Family
- Wife Anusha and two-year-old son Shivansh
- Appeals made to
- Ministry of Defence, police, Bandi Sanjay Kumar and Ponnam Prabhakar