New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Days after a 19-year-old youth was reportedly found missing in Arunachal Pradesh, Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that the Indian Army has shared the personal details of the youth with the Chinese side for establishing the identity.

New Delhi Jan 20 PTI The Indian Army has sought assistance of ChinasPeoples Liberation Army PLA to locate missing boy Miram Taron on their side and return him as per established protocol sources in defence establishment said on Thursday Arunachal Pradeshs MP Tapir Gao said on Wednesday that PLA on Tuesday abducted a 17-year-old boy from inside the Indian territory in states Upper Siang district Sources in defence establishment said on Thursday that when the Indian Army received the information about Taron it immediately contacted the PLA through established mechanism of hotline informing that an individual who was collecting herbs and hunting has lost his way and cannot be found Assistance from PLA has been sought to locate the individual on their side and return him as per established protocol sources noted Gao said on Wednesday that the incident took place near the place where Tsangpo river enters India in Arunachal PradeshTsangpo is called as Siang in Arunachal Pradesh and Brahmaputra in Assam The MP also said that he has informed Union Minister of State for Home Nisith Pramanik about the incident and requested him to take necessary action in this regard In September 2020 the PLA had abducted five youths from Arunachal Pradeshs Upper Subansiri district and released them after about a week The latest incident came at a time when the Indian Army continues to be engaged in a stand-off with PLA in eastern Ladakh since April 2020 There have been 14 round of military-level talks between India and China to resolve the standoff However disengagement process is yet to be done in areas of Hot Springs Depsang bulge and Demchok in eastern Ladakh Each side currently has around 50000 to 60000 troops along the Line of Actual Control LAC in eastern Ladakh India shares a 3400 km-long LAC with China from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh PTI DSP RCJ RCJ