Indian Army officer, two jawans killed in 'violent face-off' with Chinese troops in Ladakh's Galwan Valley
New Delhi/UNI: An Indian Army officer and two jawans were killed in a violent face-off with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh.
"During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place yesterday night with casualties," an Indian Army said in a statement.
The loss of lives on the Indian side includes an officer and two soldiers, it added.
Aiming to defuse the situation, senior military officials of the two sides are currently meeting at the venue.
It is pertinent to mention here that the troops of two Himalayan nations have been ranged against each other in the remote snow desert of Ladakh since April in the most serious border flare-ups for years after Chinese patrols advanced into Indian side of the de facto border.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the current operational situation in Eastern Ladakh, consequent to the violent faceoff on the LAC, along with Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat and the three service chiefs.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was also present during the meeting.
The last time when the deaths on the India-China border occurred was in 1975 when the Indian patrol was ambushed by the Chinese soldiers on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh.
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