Around 50 Chinese soldiers riding horses and ponies marched into the Indian territory of Chumar in Ladakh , July 16, sources revealed. This is the latest in a series of Chinese intrusions into the Indian side.
After marching into the Indian territory, the Chinese army camped there for a day staking claim over the area, army sources told Press Trust of India.
The intruding Chinese soldiers asked the Indian troops to move out from the area claiming that they were standing on Chinese territory. However, after the usual banner drill between the two armies, the Chinese soldiers again went back to their side of the border, according to the Indian army sources.
The latest Chinese intrusion came within a week after its two helicopters allegedly violated Indian air space in the same region on July 11.
It is believed that the latest intrusion is in response to New Delhi's go-ahead for deploying 50,000-strong mountain strike corps along the border with China.
The Indian government was forced to expand its security at the borders as a result of aggressive Chinese incursions in Ladakh in recent months.
Last June, the Chinese People Liberation Army took away an Indian surveillance camera after intruding into Chumar.
Amid incursions and escalating high-tensions at the border between the two countries, the Indian defense minister A K Antony visited Beijing earlier this month and met with top Chinese leaders. The two sides discussed measures to enhance peace and tranquility along the line of actual control between the two giant countries.
Beijing and New Delhi went to war in 1962 and the Indian side suffered heavy losses.
"China should remember India today is not what it was in 1962 but sadly our government seems still suffering from the 1962 war-trauma," said Rohit Dhyani, an Indian journalist.
