Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, who is from Arunchal Pradesh, said on Wednesday that bad weather had delayed the return of Arunachal youth Miram Taron from China. Rijiju's party colleague Tapir Gao, MP from the state, had last week alleged that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) had abducted Taron from the Indian side of the border.
Rijiju tweeted on Wednesday, “Hotline exchanged on Republic Day by Indian Army with Chinese PLA. PLA responded positively indicating handing over of our national and suggested a place of release. They are likely to intimate date and time soon. Delay attributed to bad weather conditions on their side.”
Hotline exchanged on Republic Day by Indian Army with Chinese PLA. PLA responded positively indicating handing over of our national and suggested a place of release. They are likely to intimate date and time soon. Delay attributed to bad weather conditions on their side. https://t.co/CX7pu2jIRV
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) January 26, 2022
He had tweeted a day earlier that Taron, “aged 19 years” from Jido Village in Upper Siang district, had gone missing on January 18, at Shiyung La in Bishing area. “Some people reported that Chinese PLA had taken him into their custody. Since the individual was missing from an area close to LAC (Line of Actual Control), Indian Army immediately approached Chinese side” on January 19, “asking for assistance in tracing and return of individual, in case he had strayed into the Chinese territory or…
