First time in 45 years, shots fired along LAC as troops foil China’s bid to take a key height

Chinese soldiers armed with stick-machetes during their deployment along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh sector on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)

Rejecting Beijing’s allegation that Indian troops fired shots at a Chinese patrol, the Indian Army Tuesday said it was the PLA troops who “fired a few rounds in the air” while attempting to “close in” on an Indian forward position along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh.

This is the first instance since 1975 when shots have been fired along the LAC — 45 years ago, an Assam Rifles patrol was ambushed by the Chinese in Tulung La in Arunachal Pradesh.

Army sources said…