16 Sep : The government has denied a media report which said that two ITBP jawans were injured in firing by Chinese troops in Sikkim recently while China has also denied reports of incursion from their side.
External Affairs Ministry in a statement on its website called the report as factually incorrect.
“A media report about two ITBP jawans having been injured due to firing from across the LAC (Line of Actual Control) has come to notice. The report is factually incorrect.”
Meanwhile, the Minister of State for External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor said that the reports of firing from across the border in Sikkim are completely wrong and these kinds of incursions are a regular phenomenon.