According to Army sources says, the soldiers were not shot but were killed in the hand to hand combat on Indian Territory. Chinese media also confirms that causalities on both sides. As per the sources, 20 Indian Soldiers were killed using Iron rods, bamboo sticks. Chinese army also claims that 43 of their soldiers were severely injured. India claims that they did not cross the LAC and Chinese claims the same. As per sources, Chinese government is hiding the death rates from their side. The first fatalities incident between India and China since 1975.
As per the sources, Three Indian soldiers were killed in Galwan Valley In the disputed AksaiChin-Ladakh area on Monday night. A large trop build up has been reportedly taking place for many weeks on the Indian border as well as in the China border. Before the senior Military officers began the talks earlier this month.
According to our Indian Army statement sources, There’s lose of life on both sides which includes one Indian officer and two Indian Soldiers. But they didn’t say any information about the Chinese casualties. It also said that the senior military officials from both sides are currently meeting to defuse this situation.
There was no shootout, say sources. "There was no firing. No firearms were used. It was violent hand-to-hand scuffles," an unnamed officer was quoted by news agency Agence France Presse as saying.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, the three military chiefs and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
In today’s(17/06/2020) meeting our Honorable prime minister Narednra Modi said ”India wants peace but is capable of giving a befitting reply if provoked, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said”, This is his first remarks on the border clash between soldiers of the Indian and Chinese army in eastern Ladakh.
Also, Indian Government asked BSNL and MTNL to cancel all Chinese deals.
How the Tension Started?
India was retaliating the border dispute because when China told not to construct the road near the LAC, India started building the infrastructure for better connectivity to the Line of Actual Control with China.
As per army sources, It is said China has walked more than 60 kilometers inside Indian Territory in eastern Ladakh side. The same procession is being viewed as a repeat of 1999 Kargil War. According to the sources, Chinese troops are in control of the various patrolling points of India including PP-14,16, 18 and 19, across the LAC.
As per one more source, Xi Jinping faces a threat in his country due to China's millions of newly jobless people and cash risks turning into a big political problem for Chinese President Xi Jinping. So he has to divert the people in some other thing. India- China border tension created?
As per NDTV sources, For more than six weeks now soldiers from both sides have been engaged in a stand-off at least two locations along the Line of Actual Control -- the 3,488 km de-facto boundary between India and China, and have rushed additional troops to the border. They have been facing each other at the Galwan River, which was one of the early triggers of the 1962 India-China war, and at the disputed Pangong Tso -- a glacial lake at 14,000 feet in the Tibetan plateau, portions of which are claimed by both.
China has been upset about the Indian construction of roads and air strips in the area. The government has pushed for improving connectivity and by 2022, 66 key roads along the Chinese border will have been built. One of these roads is near the Galwan valley that connects to Daulat Beg Oldi air base, which was inaugurated last October. Source: Colonel, 2 Soldiers Killed in Ladakh Face Off, Casualties "On Both Sides": 10 Points
PTI quotes Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian:
“We once again solemnly ask the Indian side to follow our consensus strictly regulate its front-line troops and do not cross the line, do not stir up troubles or make unilateral moves that may complicate matters.”
“Our border troops had a high-level meeting and reached important consensus on easing the border situation but astonishingly on June 15 the Indian troops seriously violated our consensus and twice crossed the border line for illegal activities and provoked and attacked Chinese personnel which led to serious physical conflict between the two sides and China has lodged strong protest and representation with the Indian side.”
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