Anjaw: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) reportedly entered at least 60 kilometers inside Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh, camping in the Kapapu area in Anjaw district for some time, sources told NewsFy.
Pictures of bonfires, spray-painted rocks and Chinese food materials found at the site suggest that the incursion occurred around a week ago, the sources said.
The pictures also show markings with the year, a tactic reportedly used by the Chinese military during their incursions into Indian territory to assert claims.
The last Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) camp near Hadigra Pass on the McMahon Line is located at Kapapu, while Chaglagam, the nearest administrative circle in Anjaw district, is about 90 kilometers from the McMahon Line.
Another mountain pass, Glaitakru Pass, lies around 80 kilometers from Chaglagam.
In August 2022, widely circulated visuals on social media showed PLA soldiers overseeing infrastructure activities near Hadigra Lake, with three excavators working at the site.
The location, less than 30 kilometers from Chaglagam, was monitored by a long-range reconnaissance patrol (LRP) team on August 11, 2022. Further north, images confirmed the existence of a PLA camp near the construction site.
In 2021, satellite images revealed by NDTV showed the construction of a second cluster of at least 60 buildings inside Indian territory in Arunachal.
Previous incidents include a 2020 transgression where Chinese troops entered Indian territory in the Dibang Valley district while in 2019, the PLA built a wooden bridge over Doimru Nalah, around 40 kilometers inside Indian territory at Amako camp.
Arunachal shares a 1,126-km border with China out of the total 3,488-km Sino-India border.
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