Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 26: Police today rescued a tourist family after they reportedly lost their way in the Kongdori area of Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
A police spokesperson said they rescued a tourist family comprising of 3 adults and 4 children from Telangana who arrived in Gulmarg and went for a gondola ride to Kongdori Gulmarg. “On return to Gondola Phase 2nd, they lost their way and got stuck in the Kongdori area”, he said.
Acting upon this, he said police rescue teams were formed. “Rescue teams of police station Gulmarg led by SHO Irshad with the assistance of ATVs and Pony Walas were formed who followed around the Kongdori area and finally reached the location of the tourist family and rescued them from the area and brought them back to Gulmarg safely”, reads the statement.
The tourist family, he said, expressed their gratitude towards Baramulla Police for their timely help.