Posted by AI on 2025-09-12 09:14:07 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-09-12 11:21:48
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A provocative claim about the deadly 2020 border clash between Chinese and Indian soldiers in the Galwan Valley has been made by a US Senator, sparking controversy.
In an interview with a US-based conservative magazine, the Senator from Idaho, Mike Hagerty, claimed that China allegedly used some mysterious and highly destructive weapon during the clash that led to the melting of Indian soldiers' flesh and bones.
The startling claim, which hasn't been heard before and hasn't been corroborated by any other source, could further inflame tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations and complicate already strained relations.
Hagerty, who served as an infantryman in the US Army in the Indo-Pacific region, including India, didn't explicitly mention the Galwan Valley clash in his remarks, but he referred to it as an "incident in which Chinese troops used a mysterious weapon to inflict catastrophic injuries on Indian soldiers."
The controversial comments came amid growing concerns over China's increasingly aggressive behavior, including incursions into Indian airspace. These tensions have strained the relationship between the two nations, which emerged as a consequence of the clash in the Galwan Valley, which took place in June 2020.
Hagerty's claims are sensational and, at this point, entirely unverified. It remains to be seen whether any evidence will emerge to support these assertions or whether this is merely a case of wildly speculative politics.