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The five men who had been missing since September 1 were hunters, the army had said in a statement. Their families and locals, however, said they were porters.

Five men, who went missing from villages near the border with China earlier this month, have been handed over to India by China’s People’s Liberation Army or PLA, the army said.

After the handover occurred in the Chinese domain early today, the men arrived at the Indian side and entered Arunachal Pradesh through Kibithu outskirt post toward the evening.

“People will currently be isolated for 14 days according to COVID-19 convention and will from that point be given over to their relatives,” the military said in an announcement.

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu tweeted, saying he is “completely happy” to realize that the five men have been given over, and expressed gratitude toward the administration and the military.

“The Chinese PLA has affirmed to the Indian Army to hand over the young people from Arunachal Pradesh to our side. The giving over is probably going to happen whenever tomorrow for example twelfth September 2020 at an assigned area,” Union Minister Kiren Rijiju had tweeted on Friday.

The five men who had been absent since September 1 were trackers, the military had said in an announcement.

Their families and local people, in any case, said they were watchmen.

Prior this week, the Chinese Army had affirmed its essence in the nation.

“Because of diligent endeavors of Indian Army, five missing trackers from the Indian side of LAC in Upper Subansiri, who had coincidentally traversed to the opposite side on 2 September 2020, were followed. Chinese Army on September 8 reacted on the hotline and affirmed that the missing Indians have been found on their side,” the military had said in an announcement.

The military said three such occurrences, including the most recent one, had occurred for the current year in Upper Subansiri and West Siang regions of Arunachal Pradesh and that all have been brought back home.

The military and Indo-Tibetan Border Police utilize local people as doormen, aides, and scouts during Long-go watches (LRPs). They need assistance from watchmen to convey supplies at all vital focuses along the McMahon Line, the successful fringe among India and China.

Sources state doormen and guides in the wake of dropping off freight at forwarding present frequently go on higher elevation to chase for musk deer or gather spices like “gumba”. The veil deer and the gumba, a conventional medication, have large costs in the global dark market. It is conceivable the five men wandered away while hoping to chase or gather spices.

India and China have been secured a military deadlock in eastern Ladakh since May when PLA interfered into An Indian area. A few rounds of military and pastoral talks have prompted just incomplete Chinese withdrawal from the Galwan Valley, where, on June, 20 Indian warriors had passed on in the line of obligation in a conflict with Chinese soldiers.