NEW DELHI: Chinese troops infiltrated into Indian territory near Bishing inArunachal Pradesh in December and almost reached a border village in theUpper Siang district.
However, they were stopped by involving the Indo-Tibetan Border Police(ITBP) and the Indian Army, said a Hindustan Times report on Wednesday.
Locals in the border state confirmed the report of Chinese incursion to themedia group and said that Indian security personnel intercepted the Chinesetroops near the Bising village along the eastern bank of Siang river.
Road construction machines including two excavators that Chinese troopswere carrying were also seized by the Indian soldiers while adding thatChinese army were not allowed to go beyond the Geling village.
The Indian Army also sent a patrol to the faceoff site, where it continuesto stay.
The incursion is said to have taken around several days ago, at aroundDecember 28, said a report.
It is the same time when representatives of two nuclear-armed neighboursheld a meeting in New Delhi on December 22.
The two representatives, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Member ofPolitburo of Communist Party of China’s Central Committee Yang Jiechi,called to resolve border differences between the two nations at theearliest.
Meanwhile, the deputy commissioner of Upper Siang Duli Kamduk neitherconfirmed nor denied the incursion report saying, “there is no word fromarmed forces too”. The Arunachal Chief Minister’s office too expressed itsignorance on the incident.