Updated On: 05 September, 2020 08:26 PM IST | Itanagar | IANS
Ering, a former Union Minister of Minority affairs (2012-14), while talking to the media said that he has urged the authorities to take appropriate steps to release the five people from the custody of the PLA.

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Amid continuing India-China tensions, five people from Arunachal Pradesh were abducted by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), triggering tension among the local population, Congress MLA Ninong Ering claimed on Saturday.
The Indian Army said it is not aware of the incident - said to have occurred on Friday - while the state police authorities are collecting the facts. Arunachal's Pasighat West Assembly Congress legislator Ninong Ering in a tweet said: "Five people from Upper Subansiri district of our state Arunachal Pradesh have reportedly been 'abducted' by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA). Few months earlier, a similar incident happened. A befitting reply must be given to PLA and CCP China."