25 September 2011

News Story: (India) Chinese troops painted PLA insignia on stones during border incursion

Chinese troops had painted rocks with 'red star' - insignia of People's Liberation Army - during their recent incursion into Indian territory in Chumar division of Nyoma sector, about 300 kms from here, during which they had destroyed some tents of grazers and unused army bunkers, according to a report.

A report of the Jammu and Kashmir Government and that of the Central security agencies, sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs, said two Chinese helicopters had entered one-and-a-half km into Indian airspace on August 25 and made a landing after a dozen PLA troops had deplaned and dismantled the bunkers and tents. The helicopters had landed at Chumar in Chingthang area of Tehsil Nyoma, northeast of Leh in J&K.

Read the full story at the Deccan Chronicle