The news spread from Chashk village to Pangi administration that 5 officials of Tourism Department have gone missing for the last two days somewhere near Aranya Vaas, the forbidden area.

Further, district administration Chamba coordinated with state government of Himachal Pradesh. A search and rescue was initiated by resorting to helicopter sorties.
We were delighted to see the low flying helicopter of state government. We knew that the chopper has come for us and we will be airlifted.

As we heard the chopping sound of wings of helicopter, all the locals ran helter skelter shouting—“लौह-खग, लौह खग (Loh...