Secret force comprising Tibetans gets award for operation against China in Ladakh Secret force comprising Tibetans gets award for operation against China in Ladakh
Special Frontier Force (SFF), a secret unit comprising Tibetans living in India has been recognised for operations against Chinese aggression in Ladakh.
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UPDATED: January 26, 2021 05:17 IST
During the ongoing operations in Ladakh SFF has been at the forefront part of operations against Chinese belligerence. (Representative photo: AFP)
In a rare acknowledgement of Special Frontier Force (SFF), a secret unit comprising Tibetans living in India, a solider’s valour has been recognised for operations against Chinese aggression in Ladakh.
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and IAF chief Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria, in fact, visited eastern Ladakh on Monday to take stock of the “operational readiness”, even as India handed over the PLA soldier who had inadvertently strayed across the LAC to China.
“There is zero reduction of troops on the frontlines and immediate depth areas. But yes, both sides are frequently rotating troops at the heights to maintain their operational efficiency in the killing weather and terrain,” said a source.
The visits of Gen Rawat and ACM Bhadauria to the forward areas took place amidst no signs of any de-escalation in the ongoing military confrontation with China, which has entered its ninth month now.
Indian Army apprehends Chinese soldier who transgressed LAC in Ladakh
The Chinese soldier transgressed across the Line of Actual Control in the area south of the Pangong Tso. The Indian Army has informed the Chinese side about their soldier being taken into custody. Further investigation is underway.
Representative image (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
A Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier was apprehended on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh on January 8, news reports suggest.
The PLA soldier had transgressed across the LAC in the area south of the Pangong Tso. According to reports, the Indian Army had informed the Chinese side about their soldier being taken into custody.
| UPDATED: 10:09, Tue, Dec 29, 2020
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In June, 20 Indian soldiers died in a hand-to-hand brawl with People’s Liberation Army troops in Ladakh, in the Himalayas. Both New Delhi and Beijing have since seen peace talks deadlocked while they send more troops to the crucial territory. But Phunchok Stobdan, a former Indian diplomat and expert in India-Chinese relations, suggested China aggressively pushed against the border in response to the US under President Donald Trump.