Anjaw: Two residents of Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh have gone missing near the state’s border with China, police said. According to sources, they had gone out in search of medicinal plants in August this year near the state’s border with China and had not returned home till date.
In a talk with ANI over the phone, Rike Kamsi, Superintendent of Police said, “Both men Bateilum Tikro (33) and Bayingso Manyu (31) had left for Chaglagam in the Anjaw district along the Indo-China border on August 19. Members of their family had lodged missing complaints at the local police station on October 9.
“We have already in touch with the Indian Army and our search and rescue operation is also on,” the Anjaw district SP added.
In July this year, one labourer died and 18 others went missing near the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kurung Kumey district. The labourers who were engaged in road construction in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kurung Kumey district.
It is also pertinent to mention here that in another case, a 17-year-old youth Miram Tarom of Zido in Arunachal Pradesh was reportedly captured by the Chinese PLA across the Line of Actual Control in January 2022. However, he was later returned to India after the Indian Army contacted the Chinese Army to return the youth.
