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Fresh Chinese incursion in Ladakh, over 50 more PLA troops enter Chumar region

TNN | Sep 20, 2014, 06.03 PM IST

A Times of India report.

NEW DELHI: Over 50 Chinese troops entered Ladakh’s Chumar area on Saturday at a point different from Friday’s intrusion, according to a PTI report.

Earlier on Friday, hours after withdrawing from the Chumar region in Ladakh, about 35 Chinese People Liberation Army soldiers were reported to have crossed into Indian territory again and stationed themselves on a hillock.

Official sources said the 35 Chinese soldiers returned to Chumar in northeast Ladakh and were perched on a hillock claiming the area to be part of China while another 300 soldiers were maintaining presence close to line of actual control (LAC).

The stand-off in Demchok and Chumar had cast a shadow on Thursday’s summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The Indian Army, which had starting scaling down operations from the area following the Chinese withdrawal Thursday night, put a halt and again started pitching their tents for a possible fresh stand-off, the sources said. They said that nearly 300 Chinese soldiers were spotted across the perceived LAC with many of them stationed in their vehicles while others on foot.

This, the sources said, was apparently done by Chinese PLA as the Indian army had not completely withdrawn from the region which is part of Jammu & Kashmir.

(With inputs from PTI)

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