Fresh Chinese incursion in Ladakh, over 50 more PLA troops enter Chumar region

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NEW DELHI: Over 50 Chinese troops entered Ladakh’s Chumar area on Saturday at a point different from Friday’s intrusion, according to a PTI report.

The Chinese soldiers immediately alighted from the vehicles and positioned themselves barely 100 metres away from the Indian Army, which had decided not to withdraw completely from the region even after the Chinese PLA had returned on their own to their side on Thursday night, PTI citing official sources reported.

The 30-R post in Chumar has been frequented by PLA often as Indian Army has kept an observation post which dominates the line of actual control (LAC) and gives advantage to India in keeping a vigil on the Chinese activity deep across the border.

Earlier on Friday, hours after withdrawing from the Chumar region in Ladakh, about 35 Chinese People Liberation Army soldiers were reported to have crossed into Indian territory again and stationed themselves on a hillock.

Official sources said the 35 Chinese soldiers returned to Chumar in northeast Ladakh and were perched on a hillock claiming the area to be part of China while another 300 soldiers were maintaining presence close to LAC.

The 35-odd PLA men continued their stay for the second consecutive day on Saturday with Chinese helicopters air dropping food packets for them. However, there had been no violation of Indian air space till now, the sources said.

According to the report, the Army, which had started scaling down operations from the area following the Chinese withdrawal on Thursday night, put a halt and again started pitching their tents bracing themselves for a possible stand-off.

The tension in this area erupted on Sunday when some of the Chinese workers, who were constructing road on their side, started entering into the Indian side and also claimed that they had orders to build road up to Tible, 5km deep into the Indian territory…. see more

source: times of india

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