PLA soldier captured by Indian troops returned to China
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The Indian Army on Monday handed back to China a soldier of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) who had crossed into Indian territory three days ago.
The soldier was returned at the Chushul-Moldo border point in eastern Ladakh, a person familiar with the development said, requesting anonymity. He was captured early on Friday on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on the southern bank of Pangong lake, one of the main flashpoints in the current standoff between India and China.
PLA Soldier Apprehended by India on Jan 8 in Tense Ladakh Handed Back to China
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A Chinese soldier apprehended by the Indian Army at the southern bank of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh on Friday after he transgressed across the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) was handed back to China on Monday.
The capture of the soldier comes amid a massive deployment of troops by the Indian Army and the Chinese People s Liberation Army(PLA) in eastern Ladakh in view of the tense border standoff that erupted following a clash between the two sides in the Pangong lake area in early May.
India News: The PLA soldier, who had been apprehended by Indian troops on January 8 in eastern Ladakh, was handed back to China at the Chushul-Moldo border meetin
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NEW DELHI: A Chinese soldier, apprehended after transgressing to the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), has been handed back to China on Monday.
According to the army, The People s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier who had been apprehended on 08 January 2021, has been handed back to China at Chushul- Moldo at 10.10 am today.
The People s Liberation Army soldier was apprehended during early hours of January 8, on the Indian Side of the LAC, in Ladakh area, South of Pangong Tso lake.
This was second such case, in about three months, that a Chinese PLA soldier transgressed on the southern bank of Pangong Tso. Otherwise, both sides have been in communication only through the hotlines established at various locations and the crossing of LAC takes place only after informing each other.