The Indian Army on Sunday said that the contents of a video, purportedly showing a clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in eastern Lad...
The Indian Army on Sunday said that the contents of a video, purportedly showing a clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh, were “not authenticated”, reported PTI. It added that the military commanders of the two countries have been in talks to address the differences over the boundary.
“It has been brought to our notice that a video is doing the rounds in social media on an incident on the borders… Currently, no violence is happening,” Army spokesperson, Colonel Aman Anand, said. “Differences are being addressed through interaction between military commanders, guided by established protocols on management of borders between the two countries.”
Anand said the Army strongly condemns attempts to sensationalise matters impacting national security, calling any attempt to link the video with the current situation on the northern borders as malafide. “The media is requested not to air visuals that are likely to vitiate the current situation on the borders,” he added.
The two-minute-long video ostensibly shows a brawl between troops of the two countries on the banks of Pangong Tso. It shows a clash between Chinese troopers, who arrived in a Humvee-type of a vehicle, and an Indian patrol consisting of Army men and Indo-Tibetan Police Force personnel.
The Army said that “currently...
