India-China Face-Off at Tawang Began As PLA Soldiers Tried to Transgress LAC: Army Officers

This is not the first time that the Indian and Chinese soldiers clashed at Yangtse. (PTI File)

According to Government officials that the Indian troops were following the routine pre-decided patrolling format, but the Chinese troops initiated an argument over the patrolling area, which was met with an objection from the Indian troops

The clash between the Indian Army and Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops last week at the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh, in which soldiers from both the sides suffered injuries, began as a large Chinese patrol attempted to transgress the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Army officers said on Monday.

The incident took place on early morning on December 9 at the disputed Yangtse area in Tawang.

According to Army officers, around 200 Chinese soldiers tried to transgress the LAC, but the Indian troops contested the PLA attempts in a “firm and resolute manner”. “This face-off led to minor injuries to few personnel from both sides,” an officer in the Army said.

The sources said both sides immediately disengaged from the area.