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A Colonel-rank officer and two soldiers of the Indian Army were killed in a “violent face-off” with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley area of Ladakh on Monday night. The officer was commanding an infantry battalion of the Army. The face-off took place during efforts to de-escalate the prevailing tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.

Casualities have also taken place on the Chinese side, the Army said.

In an official statement, the Army said, “During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place yesterday (Monday) night with casualties on both sides. The loss of lives on the Indian side includes an officer and two soldiers.”

The statement added that senior military officials of the two sides are currently meeting at the venue to defuse the situation.

Details of what exactly led to the violent face-off are not clear at the moment. Speaking to India Today TV, defence sources privy to the development said no bullets were fired during the face-off. The sources said stones and metal clubs were used to attack the soldiers and they succumbed to their injuries.

In the violent border clash with the Chinese forces in Galwan Valley of Ladakh, which resulted in three casualties on the Indian side, no shots were fired.

As per sources, privy to the developments in Ladakh, Indian soldiers clashed with the Chinese to push them back to the LAC. While stones, metal clubs were used to attack, there were no shots fired, the sources added.

An Army Colonel, two soldiers were killed in the violent clash in Ladakh. At least 11 other Army soldiers have received grevious injuries and are being treated, sources added.

Last time, killings took place on the India-China border in 1975 when four soldiers of the Assam Rifles jawans were killed.

In the statement on Tuesday, the Indian Army said, “During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place yesterday night with casualties on both sides. The loss of lives on the Indian side includes an officer and two soldiers. Senior military officials of the two sides are currently meeting at the venue to defuse the situation.”

The Army has said senior military officials of the two sides are presently holding a meeting in Galwan Valley to defuse tension.

A large number of Indian and Chinese troops were engaged in an eyeball-to-eyeball situation in Galwan Valley for the last five weeks. The incident comes days after Indian Army Chief Gen MM Naravane said both sides have begun disengaging from Galwan Valley.

An Indian Army officer and two soldiers were killed in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley on Monday night during “violent face off” with Chinese military, officials said. 

It is believed to be first such incident along the border with China that Indian armed forces personnel have been killed after a gap of nearly 45 years. Four Indian soldiers had lost their lives in an ambush at Tulung La in Arunachal Pradesh in 1975.

The violent face-off between Indian and Chinese military forces took place along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh region amid heightened tensions over the border dispute between the two countries.

Senior military officials of the two sides are holding a meeting in Galwan Valley to defuse tension.