The Indian Army has dismissed reports about the detention of a joint patrol party detained by the Chinese army, calling it "inaccurate".

Claims were being made that the Indian patrol party comprising Army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel were detained by the Chinese forces last week after a face-off in Ladakh near the Line of Actual Control. Media reports stated that the patrol party was briefly detained by the Chinese, and their firearms were confiscated.

The patrol party was released after talks between both sides at the local level. The Indian Army sources maintained that the reports on detention are inaccurate.

The Ministry of external affairs last week said the Chinese side was "hindering India’s normal patrolling patterns" after it alleged that the Indian side had tried to build a structure in Galwan valley. The present location of India-China face-off is in Galwan Valley, called China occupied Ladakh. 

The MEA explained, "Any suggestion that Indian troops had undertaken activity across the LAC in the Western Sector or the Sikkim sector is not accurate" and the "Indian troops are fully familiar with the alignment of the Line of Actual Control in the India-China border areas and abide by it scrupulously. "

The Army Chief Manoj Mukund Naravane said that both the Indian and Chinese sides have different perceptions about where the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is. ''we patrol up to where we believe the LAC is, PLA comes were they think the LAC comes. When we come face-to-face, when we come to the same place at the same time, that is when such face-offs occur," he said.  

According to military sources in New Delhi, the Indian and the Chinese armies had engaged in a skirmish in areas around Pangong Tso lake and Galway Valley in Ladakh as additional troops were brought in two weeks ago after both sides were engaged in a fierce faceoff.

Reportedly, China has heavily deployed troops in the area around Pangong Tso. Both India and China rushed in additional troops in locations like Demchok and Daulat Beg Oldie.

In the second week of May, India and China had a heated confrontation in the Nakula sector of North Sikkim and troops of both sides received injuries.

News agency PTI quoted official sources saying that a number of personnel on both sides sustained injuries as they exchanged punches. The troops disengaged after a dialogue at the local level.

News reports suggest that a total of 150 soldiers were involved in the face-off that took place a few days back.

On May 5, around 250 Indian and Chinese army personnel clashed in the Pangong Tso lake area in which soldiers on both sides sustained injuries.

Sources said that temporary face-offs occur between the troops of both the countries due to the boundary issue, adding that this skirmish has occurred after a long time.