Amid growing tension between Indian and Chinese forces at Ladakh, several media portals reported that villagers near the McMohan Line in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh have vacated their village.
Among those making this claims are news portals East Mojo and HW English. As per their reports, Taksang village, situated almost 30-km away from Zemithang circle in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, was vacated by the villagers recently.
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Ministry of Defence’s Tezpur Public Relations Officer (PRO) called these reports fake. The verified handle of PRO Defence Tezpur (Assam/Arunachal Pradesh) put out a tweet rejecting these claims.
“The news of vacation of villages near #LAC are fake & malicious. The public of #ArunachalPradesh & #Assam are advised not to pay heed to such rumours and get all news confirmed by authorities before retweeting it (sic),” the tweet read.
#HarKaamDeshKeNaam #IndianArmy #WeCare The news of vacation of villages near #LAC are fake & malicious. The publi… https://t.co/qyOw9R4ao4
— PRO Defence Tezpur (Assam/Arunachal Pradesh) (@ProAssam) 1599677080000
The deputy commissioner Tawang too clarified that there was no truth in these reports.
Deputy Commissioner Tawang has given a clarification that there is no such report of vacating of villages as mentio… https://t.co/E3bwe2UXQk
— ARUNACHAL IPR (@ArunachalDIPR) 1599732680000
“This is with reference to a report in the social media wherein it is mentioned that sources revealed to EastMojo that villagers of Taskang village near the McMohan Line in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh vacated their village. This report is incorrect,” said the deputy commissioner in a letter addressed to Arunachal Pradesh government.
“Taskang village is not a permanent village and it is only a camp where people from villages of Zemithang circle who are working in Border Roads Organisation are camping,” the letter stated.
East Mojo updated its story by carrying these tweets and stood by what it reported earlier.