NEW DELHI: A virtual online battle erupted between Indian and Chinese twitter warriors on Sunday to further stoke tensions while soldiers from the two countries remain locked in the month-long military confrontation in eastern Ladakh, which has seen rival troop build-ups and induction of heavy weapons in the high-altitude region.
The competing twitter handles posted videos and pictures of violent clashes between Army-ITBP troops and People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers, both armed with stones, rods and sticks, on the northern bank of Pangong Tso (Tso means lake) in eastern Ladakh.
TOI is refraining from going into the details of the videos and pictures but they do show bloodied and battered soldiers on both sides. Such “leaks”, which can prove hugely counter-productive, come amidst deep concerns that increasing violence levels along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) could one day lead to a shot being fired in anger, something whic