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NEW DELHI: India and China have reinforced troop deployment in a few more sectors along the unresolved border in eastern Ladakh amid heightened tensions following a violent clash between rival troops in the Pangong Tso sector on May 5-6. The area has been the site of clashes and confrontations in the past as well.
Sources said troop reinforcements and fortifications had taken place in places like Demchok, Chumar and Daulat Beg Oldie, with the Galwan Valley also emerging as a flashpoint after Chinese troops pitched some tents near a river and started construction activity. “They have, obviously, been challenged by our troops near the Galwan river,” an Indian Army source said.
The violent clash on the northern bank of Pangong Tso on May 5-6, which