The Chinese PLA patrol comes with a larger number of troops to assert their claims. At that time some Chinese PLA troops of a large patrol team were detained by the Indian Army for a few hours as they engaged in a minor face-off near Yangtse. There have been face-offs between the troops of both sides in Arunachal Pradesh and this is due to the undefined boundary between India and China and this leads to face-off while patrolling the area, explained a senior officer.įinancial Express Online has reported earlier, that last October (2021), a similar incident had taken place. Is this the first face-off in Arunachal Pradesh? The violent clash as reported by Financial Express Online that year was in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley with the PLA troops. This is the first such incident since Jincident in which 20 Indian Army soldiers were killed and several others were injured.

Is this the first incident of its kind since June 2020? Two years after Galwan: The Spectre of Salami-slicing still looms The Indian Army on Monday evening had stated that the injuries on the Chinese side were much higher than on the Indian side.Īccording to different sources at least three different units of the Indian Army were present at the time of the clash which took place on December 9, 2022. Since 2006 the trend has been that both sides patrol the area up to their claim lines. The Commanders on both sides held a Flag Meeting to discuss the issue in accordance with structured mechanisms which are already in place and have been agreed upon by both countries.Īccording to the Indian Army there are certain areas in the Tawang Sector along the LAC of differing perception. They were around 200 in number and were initially challenged by around 50 soldiers before the backup arrived.

The injuries on the Chinese troops who came armed with crude weapons like taser guns, spiked clubs are more than what was sustained on the Indian side. First batch of 5 women Army officers commissioned into Regiment of Artillery 3 posted to units along LAC

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