Caught China soldier returned

THE Indian military on Monday (11) said it handed back a Chinese soldier held near a remote Himalayan border.

“The PLA soldier who had been apprehended on January 8, 2021, has been handed back to China at Chushul-Moldo at 10.10 am today,” the Indian Army said in a statement, referring to the People’s Liberation Army of China.

China had called last Saturday (9) for the swift return of a soldier who had gone missing a day earlier along the border, adding it had reported the incident to Indian authorities.

The soldier had been apprehended by Indian troops south of Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh, which borders Tibet, an Indian official said. This is the second such incident in recent months. Last October, a Chinese soldier strayed across the border in Ladakh’s Demchok and was returned within days.