China returns five Indian nationals missing from Arunachal Pradesh

The missing five youths from Arunachal Pradesh were returned to the Indian Army by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China on Saturday. The army, after completing all the formalities, took these persons (missing from Arunachal Pradesh) to Kibitu today. All of these will be quarantined for 14 days under the Kovid-19 protocol and will then be handed over to family members. This information was given by the Public Relations Officer of Tezpur Defense.

The PLA said on Tuesday that on September 4, five youths who had gone missing from the India-China border in Upper Subansiri district were found across the border. Union Minister Kiran Rijiju tweeted on Friday, "China's PLA has confirmed to the Indian Army that it will hand over the youth of Arunachal Pradesh to us. He can be assigned to a designated place at any time on 12 September. '

The incident came to light when two members of a group went hunting in the forest. On returning, he informed the family members of the said five youths that the youth had been taken by Chinese soldiers from Serra-7, an army patrol area. The place is located 12 kilometers north of Nacho.

Nacho is the last administrative region located on the McMahon Line and it is 120 km from Daporijo District Headquarters. The youths who were allegedly abducted by the Chinese army were identified as Toch Singkam, Prasat Ringling, Dongtu Abia, Tanu Bakar, and Nagru Diri.