June 9 event led to scuffle

There was a scuffle at the Indo-China border on June 9 when 276 Chinese personnel entered the Indian side from four different border points in Arunachal Pradesh.

Tensions reportedly eased only after four PLA officers, accompanied by an interpreter, met the commanding officer of the Indian Army formation in the area and presented him with two packets of chocolates and one gift packet to the in-charge of Yanki-I post.

This newspaper had already reported the PLA incursion on Tuesday. That was a day before ‘Ex Operation Malabar’ by the navies of India, United States and Japan was set to kick off and on a day deliberations over India’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group (NSG) were to take place in Vienna.