New DelhiLaw Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China has given the missing youth of Arunachal Pradesh (Arunachal Pradesh) the Indian Army. handed over to. 19-year-old Miram Taron had gone missing on January 18 from Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
The minister said in a tweet that other procedures including medical examination of the boy are being completed. He tweeted, “The PLA of China handed over Miram Taron of Arunachal Pradesh to the Indian Army. Other procedures including medical examination are being completed.” Lok Sabha MP Rijiju had told on Tuesday that China had informed the Indian Army on January 20 that they had found a boy on their side and had sought more information to confirm his identity.
The Chinese PLA handed over the young boy from Arunachal Pradesh Shri Miram Taron to Indian Army at WACHA-DAMAI interaction point in Arunachal Pradesh today.
I thank our proud Indian Army for pursuing the case meticulously with PLA and safely securing our young boy back home pic.twitter.com/FyiaM4wfQk— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) January 27, 2022
Rijiju had said in a statement on social media, “In order to help China confirm the identity, the Indian Army has shared his personal details and photographs with them. China’s reply is awaited.” “Some people have reported that the Chinese PLA has detained him,” the statement said.
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Rijiju had said that the Indian Army immediately contacted China on January 19 after the youth went missing from an area near the Line of Actual Control (LAC). If he accidentally entered Chinese territory or PLA took him into custody, he sought cooperation to trace him and return him. The minister said that China had assured that they would find him and hand him back under established rules.