Militaries of India and China accused each other on Tuesday of opening fire during a confrontation late on Monday evening near Chushul, close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh.
The face-off took place a few kilometres south of Helmet Top, a dominating hill feature that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) occupied on August 30 to prevent India from seizing it. While responding to the PLA’s move, an Indian soldier of the Special Frontier Force was killed and another seriously injured.
on Tuesday, the Indian Army stated: “It was the PLA troops who were attempting to close-in with one of our forward positions along the LAC and when dissuaded by own troops, PLA troops fired a few rounds in the air in an attempt to intimidate own troops.”
Sources say the Monday incident was triggered when PLA soldiers opened fire while advancing threateningly towards an Indian position. When the PLA refused warnings to stop, Indian soldiers fired shots in the air.
Sources say there were no gunshot injuries, since both sides fired in the air. However, there were injuries on both sides in the aggressive scuffle that followed.
"During the operation, the Indian Army blatantly fired threats (sic) to the patrol personnel of the Chinese border guards who had made representations. The Chinese border guards were forced to take countermeasures to stabilise the situation on the ground," said the Chinese spokesperson.
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