NEW DELHI: Chinese troops again entered almost six-km deep inside Indian territory near the Pangong lake area of Ladakh region on March 8, but a patrol of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) sent them back in two hours, sources told HT.
Sources said a platoon of at least 11 Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) men led by a Colonel-rank officer crossed over LAC between India and China at ‘Finger VIII’ Sirjap-I area close to the lake.
The Chinese troops were engaged by the ITBP men deployed there. “The ITBP men showed banners and told the Chinese troops to go back. After a two-hour long verbal duel, the Chinese men went back. Such incidents keep on happening because of difference of perception on the LAC,” said a security official requesting anonymity.
Several times Indian troops have intercepted Chinese troops along the banks of the 90 sq km Pangong lake, two-third of which is in China. India and China had a three-week long stand-off in the Depsang plains of Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) in May, 2013. China has also managed to construct a road up to Finger-IV area which also falls under Sirijap area and is 5-km deep into the LAC.
Chinese troops transgress into Ladakh, yet again
New Delhi/Leh: In a fresh transgression in the Ladakh sector, Chinese PLA troops entered almost 6 km inside the Indian territory near the Pangong Lake area, leading to a stand-off between security personnel of the two sides,said security sources. The incident occurred on March 8 when a platoon of at least 11 PLA men led by a Colonel-rank officer crossed over the imaginary LAC at ‘Finger VIII’ Sirjap-I area close to the Pangong Lake, sources said. The Chinese soldiers entered in four vehicles from across the Thakung border post of India and reached 5.5 km inside the Indian territory. The soldiers were soon “countered and engaged” by a patrol of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and they were locked in an “eye-to-eyeball” confrontation for a few hours after which the situation was defused and the other side retreated. PTI