Chennai: A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh played down reports of increasing Chinese incursions along the border, Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor on Saturday also said there has been no increase in infiltration.
"There has not been any more incursions or transgressions. As compared to last year, they are almost at the same level. So there is no cause for worry or concern. I request the media to restrain and not overplay," Kapoor told reporters in Chennai.
Some recent media reports had indicated that there was increasing infiltration and firing from Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that separates the two countries.
Talking to reporters at an Iftar party at his residence, the Prime Minister had on Friday stressed that there was no reason for concern as there are no inputs to suggest anything serious happening along the border.
Manmohan Singh had also said he was in contact with Chinese authorities.
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