China releases five Indian nationals: Indian army

China has released five Indian nationals detained along the border with Tibet, while Chinese officials have denied the allegations and called the men Indian spies. According to Reuters, the Indian military said the eastern state's border The five detainees were handed over to Indian authorities.

Indian Army spokesman Lt. Col. Harris Vardhan Pandey said in a statement that the released persons would now be kept in quarantine for 14 days and only after that their families would be handed over. Harish Vardhan Pandey said that Five young Indians went hunting and accidentally crossed the disputed border, after two similar incidents in Arunachal Pradesh, a state bordering China.