Army Seeks Chinese Forces' Help To Locate, Return Missing Arunachal Teen
NDTV
Arunachal Pradesh's MP Tapir Gao said yesterday that PLA had abducted a 17-year-old boy from inside Upper Siang district.
The Indian Army has sought assistance of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) to locate missing teenager Miram Taron on their side and return him as per established protocol, sources in the defence establishment said on Thursday.
Arunachal Pradesh's MP Tapir Gao said yesterday that PLA had abducted a 17-year-old boy from inside the Indian territory in the state's Upper Siang district.
Sources in the defence establishment said today that when the Indian Army received the information about Taron, it immediately contacted the PLA through an established mechanism of hotline informing that an individual, who was collecting herbs and hunting, had lost his way and cannot be found. Assistance from PLA has been sought to locate the individual on their side and return him as per established protocol, sources noted.
Mr Gao said yesterday that the incident took place near the place where Tsangpo river enters India in Arunachal Pradesh. Tsangpo is called Siang in Arunachal Pradesh and Brahmaputra in Assam.
