Indian Army contacts Chinese PLA through ‘hotline’
Highlight
- Indian Army seeks help from PLA to trace and bring back missing youth Miram Taro
- Army officers contacted the PLA through an established hotline system
- In 2020, PLA kidnapped 5 youths from Arunachal and released them after almost a week
The Indian Army has sought assistance from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to trace the missing boy Miram Taron and return him as per established protocol, sources in the defense establishment said on Thursday. Arunachal Pradesh MP Tapir Gao said on Wednesday that the PLA kidnapped a 17-year-old boy from inside Indian territory in the state’s Upper Siang district on Tuesday.
Defense establishment sources said on Thursday that when the Indian Army received information about Taron, it immediately contacted the PLA through an established hotline system to inform that a man, who was collecting herbs and hunting Was doing it, lost its way and can not find it. Sources said assistance has been sought from the PLA to trace the person on their side and return him as per established protocol.
Gao said on Wednesday that the incident took place near the point from where the Tsangpo river enters India in Arunachal Pradesh. Tsangpo is called Siang in Arunachal Pradesh and Brahmaputra in Assam. The MP also said that he has apprised the Union Minister of State for Home Nisith Pramanik about the incident and requested him to take necessary action in this regard.
In September 2020, the PLA kidnapped five youths from Upper Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh and released them after almost a week. The latest incident comes at a time when the Indian Army is engaged in a standoff with the PLA in eastern Ladakh since April 2020. To resolve the impasse, 14 rounds of military-level talks have been held between India and China. However, the dissolution process is yet to take place in the areas of Hot Springs, Depsang Bulge and Demchok in Eastern Ladakh.
Each side currently has around 50,000 to 60,000 troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. India shares a 3,400-km-long LAC with China from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh.
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