The first response from anyone in the government on casualties on the Chinese side in the clash Union Minister Gen. V.K. Singh (retd.) said on Saturday that China has lost more than 40 soldiers in the violent clash at Galwan area.
In the first combat fatalities in 45 years along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), 20 Indian soldiers were killed when they were attacked by Chinese troops in Galwan valley during the “de-escalation” process on Monday night.
PLA’s (People’s Liberation Army) Western Theatre Command spokesman Senior Colonel Zhang Shuili said on Tuesday that the clash in Galwan valley had led to casualties on both sides but so far China has not revealed its casualty numbers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments on Friday that “neither is anyone inside our territory nor is any of our post captured”, raised several questions from the military fraternity, both serving and retired.
The clarification issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Saturday did not do much to assuage their apprehensions.
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