Agencies

One Indian Army colonel and two jawans have been martyred in violent clashes with Chinese troops at the LAC in the Galwan Valley in the Eastern Ladakh region.It is reported that Casualties have also taken place at the Chinese side but there is no confirmation on the numbers yet. This is for the first time in 40 years that such a deadly clash has taken place at the LAC.

According to India Army official statement, "During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place yesterday night with casualties. The loss of lives on the Indian side includes an officer and two soldiers."

According to a senior army officer, it is the first incident involving the casualty of an Indian soldier in a violent clash with the Chinese Army after 1975 when four Indian soldiers were killed in an ambush at Tulung La in Arunachal Pradesh along the de-facto border between the two countries. Official sources said there was no firing between the two sides.

Large number of Indian and Chinese troops were engaged in an eyeball-to-eyeball situation in Galwan Valley and certain other areas of eastern Ladakh for the last five weeks.