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.
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NEW DELHI: The chief of defence staff and IAF chief visited eastern Ladakh on Monday to take stock of the operational situation and readiness in the high-altitude region, even as India handed over the Chinese soldier who had strayed across the Line of Actual Control to China in the morning.
The top-level visits of General Bipin Rawat and Air Chief Marshal R K S 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.
Gen Rawat was briefed on the operational situation by 14 Corps commander Lt-General P G K Menon, among others. ACM Bhadauria, in turn, reviewed the “status of deployments” while visiting various bases and advance landing grounds (ALGs), including Thoise, Nyoma and Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO).
Chinese soldier held on Indian side of LAC in Ladakh
Published : Jan 10, 2021, 4:48 am IST
Updated : Jan 10, 2021, 4:48 am IST
People s Liberation Army soldier being dealt with as per procedures says Indian Army
The PLA soldier is being dealt with as per laid down procedures and circumstances under which he had crossed the LAC are being investigated. (Representational Image:AP)
New Delhi: The Indian Army apprehended a Chinese soldier on Friday morning on the South bank of Pangong Tso lake in Eastern Ladakh where India and China are involved in a tense military stand-off from the last eight months. The PLA soldier had transgressed across the LAC and was taken into custody by Indian troops deployed in this area, said Indian Army on Saturday.
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NEW DELHI: A Chinese soldier was apprehended by Indian troops in the Chushul sector of eastern Ladakh on Friday, in the second such incident amid the continuing military confrontation in the high-altitude region since May last year.
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier was detained after he crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) near Gurung Hill, one of the six-seven heights proactively occupied by Indian troops on the south bank of Pangong Tso-Chushul area on August 28-30, in the early hours on Friday. The Indian Army is currently questioning the PLA soldier, with the help of interpreters and other experts, to ascertain whether he was on an espionage mission or inadvertently strayed across the LAC in the night. “The PLA soldier is being dealt with as per laid down procedures and the circumstances under which he had crossed the LAC are being investigated,” said a senior officer on Saturday.
Saturday 09 January, 2021 | 4:06 PM
SRINAGAR: The Indian Army apprehended a Chinese soldier near Gurung hill in the Chushul sector of eastern Ladakh on Friday morning. According to the inputs, the People s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier apparently lost his way and entered the Indian territory inadvertently.
The Chinese soldier will either be returned later today or on Sunday after investigating the circumstances under which the PLA soldier strayed across the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Formalities are underway to return the Chinese soldier at a border meeting point.
In an official statement, the Indian Army said the Chinese soldier was apprehended on the Indian side during the early hours of Friday. He was taken into custody by the Indian Army.