NEW DELHI, 20 Jan: The Indian Army has sought assistance of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to locate missing youth Miram Taron on their side and return him as per established protocol, sources in the defence establishment said on Thursday.
Arunachal Pradesh MP Tapir Gao said on Wednesday that the PLA on Tuesday abducted the 17-year-old from inside the Indian territory in Upper Siang district.
Sources in the defence establishment said on Thursday that, when the Indian Army received the information about Taron, it immediately contacted the PLA through established mechanism of hotline, informing that an individual who was collecting herbs and hunting has lost his way and cannot be found.
Assistance from the PLA has been sought to locate the individual on their side and return him as per established protocol, sources said.
Gao said on Wednesday that the incident took place near the place where the Tsangpo river enters India in Arunachal. Tsangpo is called the Siang in Arunachal and the Brahmaputra in Assam.
The MP also said that he has informed union MoS for Home Nisith Pramanik about the incident and requested him to take necessary action in this regard.
In September 2020, the PLA had abducted five youths from Arunachal’s Upper Subansiri district and released them after about a week.
Meanwhile, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that it is not aware of the incident but said the PLA controls the borders and cracks down on “illegal entry and exit activities.”
Asked for his reaction to the report of the PLA abducting Taron, the spokesperson of the Chinese foreign ministry here said, “I don’t know the situation.”
“The Chinese People’s Liberation Army controls borders in accordance with the law and cracks down on illegal entry and exit activities,” the spokesperson said. (PTI)
