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Army's Northern commander to check out Chinese incursion report | The Indian Army's Northern commander, Lt. Gen. P. C. Bhardwaj will visit the Leh-based 14 Corps headquarters over the next few days to verify reports
of Chinese incursion in the Ladakh area. Sources say the matter will also be raised
at the next border meeting between Indian and Chinese officials. Officials sources
have said that Chinese troops entered nearly 1.5 kilometres into the Indian territory
near Mount Gya, which is recognised as the international border by India and China,
and painted the word 'China' in Cantonese on the boulders and rocks there with
red spray paint. The incursions were reported from the area generally referred
in the Chumar sector in east of Leh. The 22,420 ft Mount Gya, also known as "fair
princess of snow" by the Army is located at the tri-junction of Ladakh in Jammu
and Kashmir, Spiti in Himachal Pradesh, and Tibet. Its boundary was marked during
the British era and is regarded as International border by the two countries.
The border patrol discovered the red paint markings on various rocks and boulders
along the Zulung La (pass) on July 31 and the Chinese had entered into the area
and written "China" all over the place, the sources said. Indian soldiers later
erased the text, writing 'India' instead. This is not the first such reported
intrusion. On June 21 Chinese helicopters had violated the Indian air space along
the Line of Actual Control in Chumar region. The Chinese troops also reportedly
dropped expired tinned food packets in the area. Some people blame the problem
of Chinese incursions on lack of infrastructure. |
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