Katara's friends thought he would be returning soon, but when he did not returned past midnight, Bharat Divakar, who had accompanied Nitish to the wedding in a taxi, went to their house. It was early 3 am morning when Neelam Katara opened the door. To know the whereabouts of her son she immediately called Bharti. But, it turned out that Bharti herself was trying to find out Nitish's whereabouts. She then asked Neelam “to visit police station”, adding that maybe her brothers – Vikas and Vishal – had taken Nitish to Punjab.

Neelam Katara even got Bharti's father's number but everything went in vain.

At 8 am in the morning, Neelam called D. P. Yadav, who said that he is unaware of his son's whereabouts.