ITANAGAR, Sep 6: The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) today convened an emergency meeting in the state capital in the aftermath of five civilians hailing from Nacho in Upper Subansiri district being taken forcefully captive by China's People's Liberation Army.

Terming the incident as unfortunate, the union called upon both the Centre and the State Government to ensure early and safe release of all the civilians.
The recent incident is not an isolated case as time and again the PLA has been repeatedly indulging in similar antics whereby innocent civilians living along the inhospitable border areas are taken captive at regular intervals, it said while terming recurrence of such incidents, as failure of Central Government as well as the State Government in protecting the lives and security of the people inhabiting the border areas.
 It is imperative to bring forth at such juncture the utter neglect respective governments have meted to this frontier state in terms of accelerating development in the border areas. 
The absence of all weather roads and other infrastructure in the border areas have its own sordid stories to tell. This absence is not only making life difficult for the locals living in the border areas but also for the defense personnel deployed along the LAC, AAPSU observed.
"Government of India must stop looking at Arunachal only through the prism of security and rather take a more inclusive approach of development which are at par with other Indian states.
The misadventures of 1962 should also not be forgotten where our frontier state was a major theatre of war. We feel that with abysmal road infrastructure and other development, history may repeat lest those at Delhi and Itanagar are mindful of the emerging situation," said the union's President Hawa Bagang.

Indian Army reaches out to Chinese counterpart

ES Newsdesk

ITANAGAR: As per the latest input on the reported kidnapping of five men by the Chinese Army on Thursday last,  the Indian Army has sent across message to its Chinese counterpart at the border point. Disclosing this information , Union MoS , Kiren Rijiju tweeted , "The Indian Army has already sent hotline message to the counterpart PLA establishment at the border point in Arunachal Pradesh. Response is awaited."
These men working as porters with the Indian Army went missing from Sera 7 sector , about 12-13 days trek from nearest township, Nacho. 
Meanwhile, the Arunachal Pradesh Police on Saturday launched a probe and sent a team to ascertain the claims made by the family members.
Congress MLA and former Union MoS Ninong Ering has expressed for the safe return of all the five abducted Arunachalees soon enough.

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