The killing of Kanchan Singh and the disappearance of Kunwar Indrajit Singh caused great commotion in the camp. Spies were sent out in all directions to gather information. The ayyaars also spread out here and there, striving with all their might to quell the unrest. With the permission of Raja Virendra Singh, Tej Singh too set out, and, changing his disguise, entered the fort of Rohtasgarh.

There was strict security at the main gate of the fort, but no one suspected Tej Singh in his fakir's guise. Disguised as a sadhu, Tej Singh wandered inside Rohtasgarh fort for seven days. In this time, he thoroughly observed and understood every neighborhood, market, alley, road, temple, and dharamshala. Several times, he even attended the court, paying close attention to Raja Digvijay Singh, his ministers, and the ayyaars—their ways and conversations. He also discovered whom Raja Digvijay Singh favored, whom he honored, and whom he considered trustworthy. During these seven days, Tej Singh also had to disguise himself as a chobdar and as a woman several times, entering fine houses to observe and listen to their conditions and affairs.

Once, Tej Singh even went to that very Shiva temple where Bhairon Singh and Badrinath had performed their ayyari, or from where Kunwar Kalyan Singh had been captured. Tej Singh found the residents and priests of that Shiva temple in a peculiar state. Ever since Kunwar Kalyan Singh had been arrested, such fear had taken hold of their hearts that they startled and trembled at every little thing. At night, even the rustling of a leaf made them suspect the arrival of an ayyaar. They had grown to detest the appearance of any sadhu or Brahmin; at the mere sight of a sanyasi, Brahmin, or sadhu, they would immediately declare, "He is an ayyaar!" Even if a laborer was found standing before the temple, they would at once take him for an ayyaar, and would not rest until they had seized him by the neck and thrown him out of the gate.

By chance, today Tej Singh too, in the guise of a sadhu, entered the Shiva temple. The priests, upon seeing him, immediately began to shout, "Ayyaar! Ayyaar! Catch him, don't let him escape!" Poor Tej Singh was greatly alarmed and astonished.

They began to wonder how these people had found out that they were ayyars, for Tejsingh had not even the slightest suspicion that even the dogs and cats of this place would recognize them as ayyars. However, he did not think it wise to suddenly flee from there, so he stayed and said—

Tejsingh: "How do you know that we are ayyars?"

A priest replied, "Oh, we know very well! No one except an ayyar could stand before us! It was you people who captured our Kunwar Sahib, wasn't it? Or was it someone else? Enough, enough—leave this place at once, or we'll grab you by the ears and eat you alive!"

Upon hearing "Enough, enough—leave this place," and so on,