Official sources said on Monday that the incursion was detected by a joint patrol of ITBP and army on September nine, after which a mandated banner drill was conducted. For representation only. File photo

Itanagar/New Delhi, September 26

Chinese troops came 45 km inside Indian territory in a remote area of Arunachal Pradesh earlier this month, built temporary shelters and claimed the territory belonged to them, reports indicate, six months after incursions were reported in Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir.

Initial reports from Anjaw district said more than 40 Chinese troops set up a temporary shelter at ‘Plum post’, an area 45 km inside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the district earlier this month.

Official sources said on Monday that the incursion was detected by a joint patrol of ITBP and army on September nine, after which a mandated banner drill was conducted.

However, the Chinese troops claimed that the territory belonged to them and were reluctant to leave, the sources said.

The ‘Plum post’ has witnessed frequent incursion bids by the Chinese troops every year at least two to three times but it was for the first time that they entered the area, the sources said.

Some of the Chinese troops left on September 13 and the others followed after India and China held a flag meeting on September 14 on the Chinese side, the sources said.

In a bid to end the repeated incursions from the Chinese side in this area, the two sides would be meeting again on October 1.

Chinese troops have to travel through dense forests while Indian troops have a jeep track in larger areas and after have to trek for a distance to reach ‘Plum post’, the sources said.

Chinese troops had earlier entered into Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh but were pushed back. — PTI