Missing Indian teenager from Arunachal Pradesh Miram Taron returned to India on January 27, as the Chinese PLA handed him over to the Indian Army at Damai, Border Personnel Meeting Point, across Anjaw District of Arunachal Pradesh, official sources said.
Seventeen-year-old teenager, Miram Taron from Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh, had
inadvertently strayed and went missing recently while hunting on January 18, 2022, the Indian Defence sources said.
The sources said that the Indian Army immediately approached the Chinese PLA on hotline to trace and secure the safe return of the boy and shared identity details of Miram with the PLA. On January 26, the PLA confirmed that Miram would be handed back to the Indian Army at Damai Border Personnel Meeting Point on January 27, 2022.
Subsequently, the Indian Army took over Miram Taron at Border Personnel Meeting point at Damai across Kibithu Sector Lohit Distt, Arunachal Pradesh after completing all the formalities. He was handed over to his parents, the sources said in a release.
Miram Taron is elated to be back to his country, he and his family expressed gratitude for the sincere efforts by Indian Army and the government to ensure his safe return, the Indian Army said.
The Indian Army thanked China’s PLA for upholding the Border Defence Cooperation Agreements
between the two countries, leading to the return of the Indian teenager, furthering maintenance of
peace and tranquility.
The Indian Army true to its ethos remains committed to work tirelessly for the well being of the people of North East and the entire nation, the Defence sources added.
