At least 20 Indian soldiers, including a Colonel, were martyred in violent clashes with Chinese troops at Galwan Valley in Ladakh, reports claimed on Tuesday night.
The fresh reports came hours after Indian Army said a Colonel and two soldiers were killed during a with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh on Monday night, in first such incident involving fatalities in the last 45 years and signalling a massive escalation in the five-week border row in the sensitive region.
The Army had said India lost an officer and two soldiers during the violent face-off, while there were casualties on the Chinese side as well. The extent of casualties on the Chinese side is not immediately clear.
It is the first incident involving the casualty of an Indian soldier in a violent clash with the Chinese Army after 1975 when four Indian soldiers were killed in an ambush at Tulung La in Arunachal Pradesh.
