KATHMANDU: An Indian soldier of Special Forces has died in the latest skirmish with Chinese troops along the disputed India-China border.
The Indian soldier was killed in the battle that took place on Saturday night, The Guardian reported.
Two skirmishes occurred twice in the period of 48 hours on the disputed Himalayan border which has escalated tensions between the two Asian giants just two months after a battle that left at least 20 India soldiers dead.
India and China, which fought a border war in 1962, have accused each other of seeking to cross their unofficial frontier in the Ladakh region in a bid to gain territory on Saturday night and then again on Monday.
Neither side has announced any casualties but Namgyal Dolkar Lhagyari, a member of the Tibetan parliament in exile, told AFP that an Indian solder of Tibetan origin was “martyred during the clash” on Saturday night.
Both the countries have deployed thousands of their troops to the disputed India-China border following the heightened tensions.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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