New Delhi: In a goodwill gesture, India ensured the release of a Chinese soldier who had strayed inside Indian territory across the disputed zone of the Line of Actual Control.
The astray Chinese soldier was detained two days back in the Demchok sector in the disputed border in Eastern Ladakh.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) corporal had told Indian agencies that he had crossed the disputed border to retrieve a yak that had strayed into India.
He was handed over at Chushul Moldo meeting point on Tuesday night.
Earlier, the Indian Army in a statement said: “A PLA soldier identified as Corporal Wang Ya Long was apprehended in the Demchok sector of Eastern Ladakh on October 19, 2020 after he had strayed across the LAC.”
India had said that the PLA soldier has been provided medical assistance, including oxygen, food and warm clothes to protect him from the vagaries of extreme altitude and harsh climatic conditions.
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