An official document acknowledging China had transgressed into eastern Ladakh was quietly removed from the defence ministry website on Thursday.

Ministry officials said this was done as the document contradicted Prime Minister Narendra Modis June 19 assertion that none had entered Indian territory or captured Indian posts.

Uploaded on Wednesday, it was the first government document to admit to Chinese intrusion across the Line of Actual Control, which happened in early May and snowballed into a clash in the Galwan Valley on June 15, killing 20 Indian soldiers.

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