India China Ladakh standoff LIVE: The report of violent incident comes days after after Gen MM Naravane, Indian Army Chief, said both that armies have begun disengaging from Ladakh’s Galwan Valley region.

Galwan Valley Ladakh India-China LIVE news: In a major development, the Indian Army today said that one of its officers and two soldiers were martyred in a violent faceoff with China’s PLA in eastern Ladakh’s in Galwan Valley region on Monday night. ANI quoted Indian Army as saying that to defuse tension, senior military officials from both sides are holding a meeting in Galwan Valley. This is the first time in 45 years that India has suffered casualties in a face-off with China. “During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place on Monday night with casualties. The loss of lives on the Indian side includes an officer and two soldiers,” the Indian Army said in a brief statement. According to the Indian Army’s statement, there were casualties on both sides.

According to ANI, the Indian Army Chief Gen MM Naravane’s planned visit to Pathankot military station has been cancelled. The news agency quoted Army sources as saying that Major Generals of India and China are talking to defuse the situation in the Galwan Valley. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has reviewed the “current operational situation” in Eastern Ladakh.

For the last five weeks in the Galwan Valley region of Ladakh, large number of troops from India and China were engaged in an eyeball-to-eyeball situation. The report of violent incident comes days after after Gen MM Naravane, Indian Army Chief, said both that armies have begun disengaging from Ladakh’s Galwan Valley region.