An incident of firing took place on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Eastern Ladakh sector where Indian and Chinese troops have been engaged in a stand-off for over three months,  news agency ANI reported quoting sources on Tuesday.

Tensions have flared up in the eastern Ladakh region since China launched an unsuccessful bid, on August 31, to occupy Indian territory along the southern bank of the Pangong Tso Lake.

India occupies a number of strategic high ground points along the southern bank of the lake and has strengthened its presence in the Finger 2 and Finger 3 areas to retaliate to any Chinese aggression. 

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While China has objected to India’s move, calling for it to withdraw all troops from the area, India has maintained that the heights are on its side of the LAC. 

Meanwhile, Chinese government owned Global Times has claimed that Indian Army again
illegally crossed the Line of Actual Control in Shenpao mountain near the south
bank of Pangong Tso Lake on Monday. 

“Chinese border defence
troops were forced to take countermeasures to stabilise the situation after
Indian troops outrageously fired warning shots to PLA border patrol soldiers
who were about to negotiate, PLA Western Theater Command spokesperson said,” stated Global Times.

Indian and Chinese armies have been engaged in a border standoff in eastern Ladakh since May. The tensions between the two countries mounted after 20 Indian soldiers were killed on June 15 in a violent clash with the Chinese army. 

The military and diplomatic level talks between India and China have been going for three months to solve the border tension in eastern Ladakh, however, it has not yielded any viable results yet.