A Chinese soldier , who was caught by Indian forces in eastern Ladakh after he “strayed” across the Line of Actual Control, was handed bac...
A Chinese soldier, who was caught by Indian forces in eastern Ladakh after he “strayed” across the Line of Actual Control, was handed back to China on Tuesday night, NDTV reported.
The Indian Army had apprehended the soldier, identified as Wang Ya Long, in the Demchok sector of Eastern Ladakh on Monday.
The soldier was handed back to Beijing at the Chushul Moldo meeting point in Ladakh, according to the Hindustan Times.
Indian Army handed over the Chinese soldier Corporal Wang Ya Long to the Chinese Army at the Chushul Moldo meeting point, last night. pic.twitter.com/ZFROVSdhDz
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2020
The Indian Army had on Monday said the soldier will be handed over to Chinese officials at the Chusul-Moldo meeting point after formalities are completed.
The incident is said to have taken place on Sunday night. The soldier, said to be from the 6th Motorised Infantry Division, was carrying civil and military documents.
Senior Colonel Zhang Shuili, spokesperson for the Western Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, had claimed the soldier got lost in China-India border areas on the evening of October 18 when helping local herdsmen retrieve a yak at their request.
Zhang on Tuesday said he had been told that the soldier will be handed over after a medical examination. “We hope that the Indian side will...
