5 Arunachal men 'kidnapped', Rijiju says message sent to China

Indian Army has sent hotline message to Chinese army over the report of the kidnapping of 5 Arunachal men, union minister Kiren Rijiju has said. Responding to a tweet by a journalist asking to know what is being about the kidnapping report, Rijiju, who is also an MP from Arunachal, relied that a message has been sent to China and their response is awaited. On Saturday. a local newspaper reported that 5 men from a border village were kidnapped by the Chinese army while they were hunting in the jungles. Neither the Indian Army nor the state government has, so far, confirmed these claims.