Amid the ongoing tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Chinese side has claimed that the Indian Army has trespassed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
China in a statement alleged that the Indian soldiers crossed the de-facto border in Shenpao Mountain and “firing warning shots”.
The Indian army again illegally crossed the Line of Actual Control in Shenpao mountain near the south bank of Pangong Tso Lake on Monday,” PLA Western Theater Command spokesperson was reported as saying by the state-run Global Times.
“The chinese border defense troops were forced to take countermeasures to stabilize the situation after the Indian troops outrageously fired warning shots to PLA border patrol soldiers who were about to negotiate,” the spokesperson further added.
India and China are locked in a border face-off since the onset of May, after the Chinese side reportedly attempted to unilaterally change the status quo.
he tensions flared up in mid-June, after a physical clash between the two sides led to the death of 20 Indian soldiers in Galwan Valley, the fatal clash had erupted in the intervening night of June 15-16.