The Indian government has, however, sought to play down the incursions, saying these are routine incidents that occur due to differences in perception about the Line of Actual Control.

China has officially denied its troops have intruded into Indian territory.

The Indian Army officer also pointed out that the force's activities had little to do with the just-concluded high-profile war game conducted by the Chinese Army in which close to 50,000 troops had been deployed in a cross-country tactical mobilisation that was seen as Beijing's efforts to improve its ability to move troops to Tibet whenever reinforcements were required.