ITBP Confirms Ongoing Face-Offs With China in Arunachal — SkimNews
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- ITBP Director General Shatrujeet Kapur said on October 22 in Alwar that Indian and Chinese forces were still facing off at “several locations” in Arunachal Pradesh.
- Nah Welfare Society told the Upper Subansiri deputy commissioner on June 26, 2026, that the PLA had occupied Indian territory around Taksing, naming Oying, Paniar, Marpan, Portrang Lake and Tingdingtang and reporting roads, bridges and camps.
- Indian Army rejected the civil-society reports as “incorrect and without any basis”; the Press Information Bureau called related videos fake, while Arunachal Pradesh Home Minister Mama Natung dismissed encroachment claims as rumors.
- Taksing Circle was named as the site of reported July 25-26 skirmishes that lasted nearly a week before senior commanders intervened.
- China claims 90,000 square kilometers of territory roughly coinciding with Arunachal Pradesh, while India claims 38,000 square kilometers in Aksai Chin and 5,300 square kilometers in the Shaksgam Valley.
- India and China held a 36th border-affairs meeting on August 6, a 25th special-representatives round on August 26 and their first Eastern Sector corps-commander meeting on September 6; Modi and Xi met on August 31 and September 12.
- ITBP personnel were withdrawn from the India-China border and redeployed to Delhi during June-July anti-government protests, a shift the source contrasts with volatile conditions in Arunachal Pradesh.
Why it matters: India’s government now faces a sharper credibility gap: officials denied Chinese occupation, while the ITBP chief confirmed continuing confrontations. China’s 90,000-square-kilometer claim roughly matching Arunachal Pradesh, repeated denials and the withdrawal of border personnel to Delhi weakened its negotiating hand as local anger grew.
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