New Delhi: Chinese troops have transgressed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and had intruded about 60km inside Arunachal Pradesh, a BJP leader from the state said. Indian Army officers, however, did not confirm this and said there were differences in perception of the LAC and both sides patrol the area accordingly.
Kiren Rijiju, a former Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Arunachal Pradesh, said that Indian and Chinese forces were locked in a face-to-face situation in Anjaw district of the state.
“The Chinese troops have erected tents and are carrying military equipment. According to information from our party workers, they have managed to intrude about 60km inside our territory,” Rijiju said. He said that the intrusion began on August 13 and the Chinese troops had been able to come deep inside. He said the Army was not permanently deployed in the area and Indo-Tibetan Border Police was looking after the security of the area.
“It is a major intrusion. The government should immediately talk to China and ask it to pull back its troops,” Rijiju said.
He said that Indian and Chinese troops were near Plamplam post, about 60km from the LAC.
Rijiju, a memer of BJP national executive, said Chinese troops were about 20km from Chaglagam, an administrative centre where the Arunachal Pradesh government has posted its officials.
IANS
