In noble gesture, Indian Army rescues 3 Chinese citizens lost at 17,500 ft in Sikkim

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In noble gesture, Indian Army rescues 3 Chinese citizens lost at 17,500 ft in Sikkim

The Chinese citizens expressed their gratitude to India and the Indian Army for their prompt assistance, Army said.

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September 5, 2020 17:51 IST
In noble gesture, Indian Army rescues 3 Chinese citizens lost at 17,500 ft in Sikkim
In noble gesture, Indian Army rescues 3 Chinese citizens lost at 17,500 ft in Sikkim

New Delhi: Indian Army rescued three Chinese nationals who lost their way in North Sikkim’s plateau area at 17,500 ft altitude on Thursday. According to the Army, they were provided medical assistance including oxygen, food and warm clothes.

“Realising danger to the lives of the Chinese citizens which included two men and one woman in sub-zero temperatures, the soldiers of Indian Army immediately reached out and provided medical assistance including oxygen, food and warm clothes to protect them from the vagaries of extreme altitude and harsh climatic conditions,” read a release by the Army.

Visuals show a soldier carrying oxygen cylinder helping the three people. Another picture shows a security personnel offering food to one of the men. The soldiers also helped the people fix their car.

The Indian troops also gave them appropriate guidance to reach their destination after which they moved back. The Chinese citizens expressed their gratitude to India and the Indian Army for their prompt assistance, Army said.

Army’s heartening gesture amid India-China border dispute

The incident comes at a time when India and China have been engaged in a border tension along the Line of Actual Control.

The flare-up between the two countries escalated after China’s People’s Liberation Army engaged in “provocative action” and tried to intrude into the south bank of the Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh on the intervening night of August 29 and 30.

India-China standoff: China moves back some troops, vehicles to depth areas in Galwan Valley

The fresh border dispute came months after the deadly Galwan Valley clash in June that killed 20 Indian and an unspecified number of Chinese troops.

Earlier on Friday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had met with his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe in Moscow, in a first major political meeting between the two countries since the Galwan Valley clash.

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