Five missing Arunachal youths still remains traceless

The whereabouts of five Arunachal Pradesh youth missing for the last one week is yet to be found. The All Nyishi Youth Association has appealed to the state as well as the central government to ensure safe return of the missing youths. The Arunachal Pradesh Youth Congress has too expressed serious concern for the youths.

On September 8 Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju had tweeted that  the Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) have admitted that the five missing youths have been found by their side. It was then expected that the youths would be released soon. But even after passage of a week since the youths got abducted, they are yet to return home.

It may be mentioned that the PLA had reportedly abducted five villagers from Nacho, Upper Subansiri in Arunachal Pradesh. This was stated by Congress legislator Ninong Ering at first. The incident had reportedly happened at a time when India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is meeting defence ministers of Russia and China. Ering stated that China’s action have sent a very wrong message.

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The five boys belongs to the Tagin community of Arunachal Pradesh. They were abducted from a jungle near Nacho while they were out for hunting. The villagers who have reportedly been abducted are Toch Singkam, Prasat Ringling. Dongtu Ebiya, Tanu Baker and Ngaru Diri. Two other villagers who had accompanied the abducted persons managed to escape.

However, on Monday China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that they do not have any information about the abduction of five Indian youths. Lijian tweeted,  “China has never recognized so-called “Arunachal Pradesh,” which is China’s south Tibet region, and we have no details to release yet about question on Indian army sending a message to PLA about five missing Indians in the region: Chinese FM spokesperson Zhao Lijian.”

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