17 June 2020, Kathmandu
India media reports have claimed that over 40 Chinese soldiers including a commanding officer were killed in the Ladakh face-off between China and India on Monday evening.
However, China has not officially reacted to it so far.
As many as 20 Indian soldiers including an army officer were killed and 135 other sustained injuries during a face-off between Indian and Chinese troops at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley on Monday night, Indian media reports have said.
According to reports, the condition of two injured soldiers is said to be critical.
The fighting between the troops of two nuclear power countries that took place at an altitude 14,000 feet had lasted for three hours.
The soldiers had used stones, clubs, sharp weapons and rods to attack each other, international media reports have said.
It should be recalled that as many as 33 Indian soldiers had been killed in the China-India war in Galwan Valley in 1962.
(With inputs from Agencies)
