China on Tuesday has confirmed that the five Arunachal youths who were reported missing since last week have been found by its troops, said Union minister Kiren Rijiju.
Rijiju took to Twitter to confirm the development and said, "China's PLA has responded to the hotline message sent by the Indian Army. They have confirmed that the missing youths from Arunachal Pradesh have been found by their side. Further modalities to handover the persons to our authority is being worked out."
Earlier, the Union Minister had said that a hotline message was sent to PLA by the Indian Army after the reports of the abduction of five men have erupted.
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These five were engaged as porters and guiders by the Indian Army. They were abducted while had gone for the fishing from the Sera 7 area under the Upper Subansiri district along the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh.
This development comes at a time when the tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) were intensified after a fresh confrontation between the troops of both sides.