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Published: 04:51, 27 June 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
China troops destroy two Indian Army bunkers

International Desk: Indian and Chinese soldiers are locked in a tense face-off along the border in Sikkim after the latter intruded into Indian territory, destroyed two bunkers and stopped a batch of pilgrims headed for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra.

Sources said the People's Liberation Army troops had "transgressed" into Indian territory in the Doka La region at the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet tri-junction and destroyed two Indian Army bunkers in Lalten area around 10 days ago.

"There was some jostling and a scuffle between the rival troops. Our soldiers formed a human wall to deny the PLA troops from making further inroads," said a source. A flag meeting was subsequently held between senior Army officers from the two sides but the face-off could not be defused, with the rival troops maintaining their positions.

The Army, on being contacted by TOI, refused to say anything about the incident. The external affairs ministry, on its part, had last week raised with China its refusal to allow entry to around 50 pilgrims headed for Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet through the Nathu La in Sikkim.

The Indian Army twice asked for a flag meeting with PLA to defuse the tension, with China finally agreeing to a meeting on June 20. It was then that China said it would not allow Indian pilgrims to cross over for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. The pilgrims subsequently returned to Gangtok after waiting till June 23.

Source: Agencies


risingbd/Dhaka/June 27, 2017/A K Azad

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