The Indian Army says it arrested the PLA soldier after wandering over a disputed de facto border in the Western Himalayan region.
The Indian Army says it has captured a Chinese soldier after wandering over a disputed de facto border in the Western Himalayan region, where the two countries have killed thousands of soldiers after a deadly conflict in June.
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The People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier was captured in the Demchok region of eastern Ladakh and will be returned after the formalities are completed, the Indian Army said in a statement on Monday.
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"Medical support including oxygen, food and warm clothes has been provided to protect the PLA soldier from extreme altitude and harsh climatic conditions," the statement said.
The PLA is yet to issue a statement on the matter.
Neighbors armed with nuclear weapons have been locked in a month-long border confrontation in the Ladakh region, in which the army kills each other by hand-firing and firing into the air.
The deadlock began in May and escalated into the deadliest violence between the two sides in decades in June
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Twenty Indian soldiers were killed and dozens of others were injured. China is also believed to have been a casualty but has not provided any details.
Following that skirmish, the two countries were partially displaced from the site in the Galvan Valley of Ladakh and at least two other locations, but the crisis continues in at least three other areas, including the glacial Pangong Lake.
Last month, the two most populous countries in the world accused each other of sending troops to each other's territory in the Pangong region and firing warning shots for the first time in 45 years, leading to the specter of a full-scale military conflict. Have increased
But both sides have also held several rounds of military and diplomatic talks, although they have done very little
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