Union sports minister and BJP MP from Arunachal West Kiren Rijiju tweeted: “ All the 5 Indian youths from Arunachal Pradesh who were received at Kibithu by our Army from PLA are fit and fine. “Indian Army has always been proactive in tracing the lost locals and helping them return home. “All such individuals were brought back home safely after consistent efforts and coordination by Indian Army in the past,” it added. Also Read: India, China statements show divergence remainsFollowing their disappearance, a brother of one of the missing youths posted on social media that they had been ‘abducted’ by PLA. “China has never recognized so called ‘Arunachal Pradesh’, which is China’s south Tibet region, and we have no details to release yet about the question on Indian Army sending message to PLA about five missing Indians in the region”.

Source: Hindustan Times September 12, 2020 08:43 UTC