Around 20 Indian army soldiers have been killed during a violent face-off between Indian and Chinese troops at the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh's Galwan Valley on Monday night according to reports. Earlier it was reported that one Indian Army officer and two jawans were martyred and three to four Chinese troops were killed in the face-off. More than 43 Chinese soldiers have been killed or seriously injured, reported news agency ANI quoting sources.
On late-evening and night of June 15, a violent face-off happened as a result of an attempt by the Chinese side to unilaterally change status quo there. Both sides suffered casualties that could have been avoided had an agreement at higher level been scrupulously followed by the Chinese side,” the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement earlier today. This is the first fatal clash since 1975 between India and China, who fought a border war in 1962.