New Delhi: Slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid the Chinese Kidnapping, Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi said that PMโs silences proves that he does not care about it. Chinese Army had โkidnappedโ a 17-year-old boy from Arunachal Pradeshโs Upper Siang district.
โJust a few days before Republic Day a young boy, the future of India, was kidnapped by China. We stand with the family of Miram Taron and will not give up hopeโฆ wonโt accept defeat,โ Mr Gandhi said.
โThe Prime Ministerโs silence is his statementโฆ he doesnโt care,โ he tweeted.
Defence establishment sources have told NDTV the Army has reached out to the China Peopleโs Liberation Army via the โhotlineโ to alert them that an individual out collecting herbs and hunting had lost his way. Assistance has been sought to locate and return him per established protocol, sources said..
Mr Gandhiโs furious outburst comes a day after MP Tapir Gao alleged that the PLA had abducted the boy from the northeastern stateโs Lungta Jor area.
In the incident there were two teens, one got kidnapped and the other managed to escape. Along with Taron his friend Johny Yaiying, was there too, who managed to escape, informed the authorities about the kidnapping by the PLA, Mr. Gao told news agency PTI over the phone from Ziro, the district headquarters of Lower Subansiri district.
Both of them are local hunters and belong to the Zido village.
The incident took place near where the Tsangpo River enters India in Arunachal Pradesh, the MP said. The Tsangpo River is known as Siang in Arunachal Pradesh and the Brahmaputra in Assam. Earlier, Mr. Gao had tweeted: โChinese #PLA has abducted Sh Miram Taron, 17 years of Zido vill. yesterday 18th Jan 2022 from inside Indian territory, Lungta Jor area (China built a 3-4 kms road inside India in 2018) under Siyungla area (Bishing village) of Upper Siang dist, Arunachal Pradeshโ.
In another tweet asking for help he requested all the agencies to look into the matter. He tweeted, โHis friend escaped from PLA and reported to the authorities. All the agencies of Govt of India are requested to step up for his early release. @narendramodi @AmitShah @rajnathsingh @PemaKhanduBJP @ChownaMeinBJP @adgpiโ
About the incident, he has informed the Union Minister of State for Home Nisith Pramanik and appealed to him to take fast and necessary action in the matter. He also tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and the Indian Army in his tweets, and is seeking help from everyone.
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