India-China disengagement: ITBP to continue patrolling in non-friction points
Agreement on disengagement, Chinese PLA moved its forces to the east of Finger 8 on the north bank, and Indian Army to its base near Finger 3.
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India-China disengagement: ITBP to continue patrolling in non-friction points
Even as the disengagement of frontline soldiers at the north and south banks of Pangong Tso is completed, the Indo-Tibet Border Police (ITBP) will continue to patrol areas in Ladakh that were not friction points between India and China . Patrolling in these areas had come to a standstill due to the tensions, people familiar with the development said. The border guarding force won’t be patrolling the areas where disengagement has taken place or other friction points like Depsang, Gogra, Hot Springs and Kongka La until the redesigned patrolling terms or status of old patrolling terms in these areas are conveyed by the Indian Army. “We will continue to patrol the areas which we were patrolling earlier on our perception area of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and are not friction points. These include certain grazing grounds, inner areas and patrolling points towards Uttarakhand as well as the eastern sector,” said an officer, requesting anonymity. Also Read | Russia's S-400 Missile Defe…
