China’s PLA hands over ’abducted’ Arunachal boy to Indian Army after a week
Mangalore Today News Network
New Delhi, Jan 27, 2022: The Chinese PLA has handed over the ’abducted’ 17-year-old boy from Arunachal Pradesh, Miram Taron, to the Indian Army. "Due procedures are being followed, including his medical examination," Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday, January 28.Taron was ’abducted’ on January 19.
The Indian Army on January 23 had said that the "missing youth, Taron," had been found by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). "The Chinese Army has communicated to us that they have found a missing boy from Arunachal Pradesh and the due procedure is being followed," PRO Defence, Tezpur Lt Col Harshvardhan Pandey, had said in a statement.
The Chinese PLA has handed over the young boy from Arunachal Pradesh Shri Miram Taron to Indian Army. Due procedures are being followed including the medical examination. https://t.co/xErrEnix2h
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) January 27, 2022
Kiren Rijiju, on Wednesday, said that the Chinese PLA had confirmed that the young Indian from Arunachal Pradesh, Miram Taron, would be repatriated to the Indian side soon.
On January 19, Arunachal Pradesh MP and BJP leader Tapir Gao said that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China had abducted the 17-year-old boy from the Upper Siang district. Later, Congress MLA from Arunachal Pradesh’s Pasighat West constituency, Ninong Ering, said that the incident had been confirmed by the SP of the area.
Courtesy:India Today