'We have not kidnapped any Indians, but Arunachal is our area'

(PTI) Beijing / Itanagar, Ta. Monday, September 7, 2020

"We have no information about the missing Indian nationals from Arunachal Pradesh," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said today. We have not kidnapped anyone like that. But India must remember that the whole of Arunachal Pradesh, which it considers its own, is our origin.

Zaho's statement added a new dimension to the Indo-China conflict. Zaho's statement was published in the Chinese government's newspaper Global Times. China behaved like a synagogue on theft.

Meanwhile, Arunachal Pradesh police said the missing nationals have not been traced yet. Their search is on. However, the SP of Arunachal Police said, "We have not received any official complaint in this regard yet." "We are in touch with the local authorities," said Lt Col Harshvardhan Pandey, PRO of the Tezpur-based Indian Army. The Army is also investigating in its own way.

Seven citizens of Arunachal went hunting in the forest next to Nacho village on the northern border. Two of the civilians returned and reported that five of their comrades had been abducted by Chinese troops.

The incident happened on the third of September. Earlier, an MP from Arunachal Pradesh had alleged that Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers regularly crossed the border into India and harassed local villagers.

The missing civilians were working as laborers and guides for the Indian Army. He was a landlord of the area so there is no possibility of forgetting in the forest that he is a victim of a violent animal. The Indian Army has sent a message to the Chinese Army on the hotline about the incident but China has not yet responded. There have been incidents of kidnapping of civilians from border villages by Chinese troops in the past as well.

"We have never accepted that what India calls Arunachal Pradesh belongs to India," Zaho said. That region is ours and is part of southern Tibet. "We have no information about the missing Indian nationals," he said, explaining the Chinese government's stance.