India: India says teen 'captured' by Chinese army after going missing near border

NEW DELHI, 21 January 2022, (TON): India's defence ministry said “a 17-year-old Indian youth was reportedly captured by the Chinese military after going missing near the countries' shared border.”

According to a statement on the defence ministry's Twitter account “the Indian army has contacted its Chinese counterpart to locate and return the teenager, Miram Tarom.”

In a separate tweet, Tapir Gao, a lawmaker for the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh where Tarom lives, said “the teenager was allegedly abducted while a friend escaped and notified Indian authorities.”

The Chinese foreign ministry could not be immediately reached for comment.

India and China have frequently clashed over their lengthy and disputed Himalayan border, and China claims the entirety of Arunachal Pradesh as part of its Tibet region.

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