China's Olympics torchbearer was captured during unprovoked attack in Galwan Valley: Report
India Today
The torchbearer for the Winter Olympics 2022, Qi Fabao, was captured in June 2020 by Indian forces when he tried to mount an attack on Indian forces in the Galwan Valley.
The torchbearer for the Winter Olympics 2022, Qi Fabao, was captured in June 2020 by Indian forces when he tried to mount an attack on Indian forces in the Galwan Valley, says an investigative report by Australian newspaper The Klaxon.
According to the report, 38 Chinese troops drowned in the early stages of the June 15-16 face-off between Indian and Chinese forces while attempting to cross the Galwan River in the dark.
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Qi Fabao was leading the Chinese troop that was responsible for the attack on Indian forces on June 15,2020, in which Colonel Bikkumalla Santosh Babu, who was deployed in the Galwan Valley during Operation Snow Leopard, was killed.
The report draws heavily on research conducted by a group of unnamed social media researchers whose sources include Chinese bloggers, information obtained from mainland-based Chinese citizens and media reports that have since been deleted by Chinese authorities.
The Galwan Valley is located in the eastern part of Kashmir in the Western Himalayas along the LAC between India and China.
According to the Klaxon report, Indian troops, led by Colonel Santosh, constructed a temporary bridge on May 22. “Though PLA was constructing its own infrastructure in the buffer zone, the construction of a temporary bridge by Indian troops aroused strong opposition by the Chinese," the report stated.
