As the Army plays down the reports of the incursion by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) into Indian territory, former Ladakh MP P Namgyalhad made a startling revelation, saying the Chinese Army in the past too had helped settle their nomads on Indian territory.
“There is a place in Ladakh called Dumtsele, a few years ago there were clashes between the PLA and the Indian Army and the PLA captured our post there, since then the post is with them,” Namgyal said, adding, “Our nomads who migrate to Skagzung, a grazing land near the LAC, had reported that Chinese Army had helped settle their nomads in that place. In the past, they were pushed back by the police, but this time too there are reports that they (PLA) have again settled their nomads in the area.”
Namgyal said the latest incursion by Chinese troops in Skagzung where they settled their nomads took place in January this year.
After the reports of incursion by the PLA on the Indian territory into the Ladakh region, the Army has said there was nothing new as armies on both sides keep on doing such things.
When asked what measures have been taken after the reports of recent incursion by the PLA into the Indian territory in which they had entered 1.5 km inside and painted the rocks and boulders red, a senior Army officer of the Udhampur-based Northern Command said, “Routine border management activities are going on, regular patrol of the area is being conducted and there is nothing to worry about.”
Commenting on the reports that Leh Deputy Commissioner AK Sahu had written a letter to the Centre, saying the Chinese troops had occupied some of the areas in the region and had also threatened the tribes in the area to vacate the land, the officer said, “It is the matter that the state government can comment upon.”
Meanwhile, reports said the GoC-in-C of the Northern Command would visit Ladakh soon to assess the situation there.
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