Pangong on boil again: China claims India fired warning shots

Written by Krishn Kaushik
| New Delhi |

Updated: September 8, 2020 7:14:49 pm





Satellite images taken in May 2020 show Chinese tents on the north bank of Pangong Tso. (Planet Labs via Reuters, File)

Days after Indian troops thwarted Chinese manoeuvres and occupied strategic heights on the south bank of Pangong Tso and Rechin La near Rezang La, the south bank of the lake appeared to be on the boil again late Monday night with the Chinese PLA claiming that Indian troops had fired warning shots, prompting it to “take countermeasures to stabilize the situation on the ground”.

There was no immediate response from the Indian Army or the Ministry of Defence.

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