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During the last border confrontation between India and China on the night of August 29, a member of the Indian Special Border Force was killed.
An Indian special forces soldier was killed in the latest border clash with Chinese troops.
This is the first loss of life since two clashes in 48 hours on the Himalayan border of the two countries, according to information from The Guardian in 1.9.
The latest China-India border clash increased tensions between China and India just two months after a massive clash that killed at least 20 Indian soldiers.
India and China had clashed in the 1962 border war. The two sides accused each other that the opponent attempted to cross the unofficial border of the two countries in the Ladakh area to gain territory on the night of August 29 and continued the 31.8.2018
Neither India nor China announced any casualties in the latest border clash, but Namgyal Dolkar Lhagyari, a member of the Tibetan legislature in exile, told AFP that a Tibetan Indian soldier had “martyred in the clash” on the night of August 29.
The world’s two most populous nations have sent tens of thousands of troops to the region since the devastating June 15 clash with a baton and a showdown. India said 20 soldiers died. China admitted the casualties but did not provide specific data.
In the latest border clash, both China and India have blamed each other.
The Indian Defense Ministry said that the Chinese army “carried out provocative military operations to change the status quo” on the border on August 29. Meanwhile, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army accused India of “seriously violating China’s territorial sovereignty” with the operation carried out on August 31. China asked the Indian soldiers to withdraw.
India’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday accused China of causing the latest incident “even as the field commanders of the two sides are arguing to reduce the situation.”
Indian media citing military sources accuse the Chinese army of trying to occupy the top of the hill that India claims around Lake Pangong Tso, a lake at 4,200 meters of altitude.
India’s Defense Ministry said the military “took steps to strengthen our position and prevent unilateral intentions to change China’s status quo.”
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