The incident took place on the ridgeline of Finger 4 where the Indian Army has been significantly increasing its deployment after occupying several strategic peaks on the southern bank of the lake.
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in a written response to a question that no infiltration has been reported along Indo-China border during last six months.
Sources said Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, representing the government, suggested that India-China issue is sensitive and related to national security and thus can't be discussed at a public platform.
The Chinese army had on Tuesday conveyed that the five youths, who went missing on September 4 from the Sino-Indian border in Upper Subansiri district, were found by them across the border.
China has brushed off concerns over the whereabouts of the five youths and needled India, saying it has never recognised Arunachal Pradesh as a state which it claims is part of south Tibet.
China said that its territory cannot be lost, and that the Chinese military is 'fully determined, capable, and confident to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.'
Indian Army has patrolled the area, in which PP-14 is located, for decades. But after the troop disengagement, the area now falls inside China’s 'buffer zone'.
The troops of India and China are engaged in an eight-week standoff in several areas in eastern Ladakh including Pangong Tso, Galwan Valley and Gogra Hot Spring.
The Prime Minister’s Ladakh visit is unlikely to affect the ongoing efforts by Indian and Chinese commanders on the ground or diplomats in Delhi and Beijing working at bringing down temperatures.
If we really want to break our dependence on China, we need to create an enabling ecosystem in our country in which we cannot have labour laws that encourage informality and discourage size and scale, says Amitabh Kant
