{"id":323960,"date":"2020-06-16T08:53:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T08:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=323960"},"modified":"2020-06-16T08:53:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T08:53:47","slug":"indian-army-officer-two-jawans-killed-in-face-off-with-chinese-troops-in-galwan-valley-casualties-on-both-sides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/indian-army-officer-two-jawans-killed-in-face-off-with-chinese-troops-in-galwan-valley-casualties-on-both-sides\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Army officer, two jawans killed in face-off with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley; casualties on both sides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323966 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/ladakh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/ladakh.jpg 608w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/ladakh-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/ladakh-538x420.jpg 538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/>An Indian army officer and two soldiers were killed in a violent face-off on Monday night with Chinese troops at Galwan Valley in Ladakh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The face-off took place last night during the de-escalation process in Galwan Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the sources, casualties have also taken place on the Chinese side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Army in a statement said, &#8220;During the de-escalation process in Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place last night with casualties. The loss of lives on the Indian side includes an officer and two soldiers. Senior military officials of the two sides are currently meeting at the venue to defuse the situation.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said, \u201cIf the Chinese shoot dead an Indian army colonel &amp; two jawans during a \u201cde-escalation process\u201d imagine how escalated the situation must be in the first place. This is what happens when the media propagates the government line that asking questions is anti-national.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cSince heard no shooting took place. The deaths were the result of violent scuffles &amp; stone pelting. Regardless of the how &amp; the way three Indian army personnel were killed by the Chinese in the line of duty,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Congress leader Jaiveer Shergill\u00a0said that he salutes the courage and sacrifice of brave soldiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cSalute the courage &amp; sacrifice of brave officers\/soldiers who laid their lives protecting territory of our Nation, condolences to their families -China must be sent a strong message registering India\u2019s protest &amp; anguish #IndiaChinaFaceOff,\u201d Shergill tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in a tweet said, \u201cWe are grieved to hear about the attack on our soldiers at Ladakh border. We offer our deepest condolences to the families of martyred soldiers. Their sacrifice for the nation must not go in vain. #Ladakh.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Indian army officer and two soldiers were killed in a violent face-off on Monday night with Chinese troops at Galwan Valley in Ladakh. The face-off took place last night during the de-escalation process in Galwan Valley. According to the sources, casualties have also taken place on the Chinese side. The Army in a statement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":323966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2016,2009,2014],"tags":[13106,230,1694],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323967,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323960\/revisions\/323967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/323966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}