Ladakh region witnessed a confrontation between Tibetans living in India and those in China last week near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Fukche area of Demchok in eastern Ladakh.
However, the Chinese dressed in civilian clothes did not cross the LAC and went back after displaying banners.
Giving details of the incident, sources said here on Friday that Tibetans annually hold a religious festival Dole Tango to celebrate Dalai Lama’s birthday in Koyul village of Fukche on July 6. In such festival last week, a sizable number of Tibetans had gathered and waved the Tibetan flag.
A group of Chinese origin Tibetans came near the LAC on their side in two SUVs and displayed a banner saying, “ban all activities to split Tibet.” They went back and after some time, said sources, adding the villages across the LAC are sparsely populated.
Officials denied reports that the Chinese Tibetans had intruded into Indian territory adding the action across the LAC was in reaction to the Tibetans on the Indian side waving the flag.
Demchok is an area that has seen Chinese transgressions in the past. In 2014, there was a fist fight between Indian and Chinese troops during a stand-off.
China has been pushing its own successor of the Dalai Lama and pressing that any other appointment should not be given any recognition.