Missing Arunachal youth returns home, speaks with family

New Delhi : After nine days of being in China, the Arunachal youth was handed over to India by the PLA. Miram Taron was safely given to the Indian Army at the Wacha-Damai interaction point in Anjaw district.

17-year-old youth had gone missing on 18 January from Lungta Jor area in Upper Siang district, his friend Johny Yaying told that Miram Taron has been abducted by the PLA.

Taron is now under Indian Army's observation and has been kept under the quarantine facility. After stepping on home land, he spoke to his parents over the phone.

His father told a media outlet that the family is very happy to hear that he is safe and back in India.

"I spoke to him over the phone. He started to cry on hearing the voice of his mother. The army has assured to hand him over once quarantine and all other formalities are completed," his father Opang Taron was quoted in a report by The Arunachal Times.

He thanked all the people involved in getting Miram released. Further, he said that, even though the people of his area have been shaken by the PLA’s intrusion into Arunachal’s territory to kidnap a citizen, they will continue to visit Lungta Jor and other areas along the LAC.

“Since our ancestors’ time we have been hunting in these areas, and we will continue to do so in the future. We are not scared of the PLA as we have not done anything wrong,” he said.