{"id":302532,"date":"2018-09-12T06:05:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T06:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=302532"},"modified":"2018-09-12T06:05:18","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T06:05:18","slug":"chinese-army-transgressed-into-india-territory-thrice-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/chinese-army-transgressed-into-india-territory-thrice-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Army transgressed into India Territory thrice in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/chinese-army-transgressed-into-india-territory-thrice-in-august\/standoff\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-302534\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-302534 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/standoff-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/standoff-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/standoff-469x420.jpg 469w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/standoff.jpg 514w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>China&#8217;s People Liberation Army (PLA) in yet another attempt transgressed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at least three times in Uttarakhand state in August, as per\u00a0the reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Sources claimed that in Barahoti village in Chamoli District in Uttarakhand, the Chinese troops came as far as 4 km deep into the Indian Territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The transgression took place on three separate occasions August 6, 14, and 15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Earlier in August, a group of Chinese Army personnel transgressed around 300 metres into the Demchok area and pitched four tents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Speaking on transgressions earlier this year, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC) Northern Command, said, &#8220;it took place in areas where we have different perception of the Line of Actual Control.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Similar incidents occurred in July 25, 2017 reportedly Chinese border guards entered one kilometre into Indian Territory and threatened shepherds grazing cattle in the Barahoti village in Chamoli District.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Following the latest attempts, official figures revealed that the number of transgressions by the Chinese Army into the Indian Territory rose to 426 in 2017 from the 273 in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">More details are awaited.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s People Liberation Army (PLA) in yet another attempt transgressed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at least three times in Uttarakhand state in August, as per\u00a0the reports. Sources claimed that in Barahoti village in Chamoli District in Uttarakhand, the Chinese troops came as far as 4 km deep into the Indian Territory. 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