Chinese troops have apprehended five Indian nationals in the Chumar area of Ladakh,well inside the Indian territory, and took them to their side of the border perhaps the first incident of this kind along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in an apparent bid to stake their claim on the area.
- The five nationals were handed over to the Indian side by the PLA troops, after some efforts were made in this regard under the existing border mechanisms between the two countries.
- The incident has taken place after PM Manmohan Singh had signed the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) with China in October, 2013 seeking to prevent any flare-ups between the armies of the two countries on the LAC. The Defence Minister A.K. Antony recently had warned that the new border pact does not guarantee that nothing would happen in these areas in the future.
- Transgressions by the Chinese troops have taken place often in Chumar, the only place along the Indo-China border where the Chinese do not have any direct access to the LAC.
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Monday, December 16, 2013
Chinese troops apprehend Indians in Chumar
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