Indian soldiers not held at China border: Army

Indian soldiers not held at China border: Army two countries clashed near Pangong Tso, military exercise in Ladakh
Editorial Staff
Indian soldiers not held at China border: Army
As tensions simmer between India and China in the Ladakh sector that has seen a worrying troop build-up and military reinforcements from both sides after a nasty border brawl in early May, the army on Sunday strongly denied reports in some sections of the media that an Indian patrol party was detained by Chinese forces last week and later released. “There has been no detention of Indian soldiers at the borders. We categorically deny this. It only hurts national interests when media outlets publish unsubstantiated news,” army spokesperson Colonel Aman Anand said. Union minister Jitendra Singh shared the army’s statement on his Twitter handle and described the reports as “dangerously fake news.” The detention of a border patrol by an adversary is seen as a provocative act that can bring rival forces perilously close to conflict, experts said. The standoff along the line of actual control (LAC) is not confined to a small area, has triggered an increase in troop numbers on both sides at …