Indian chopper goes missing near China border
 

NEW DELHI: An Indian helicopter with three people on board has gone missing near the country’s border with China after taking off on a flood rescue mission, an official said on Tuesday.

The aircraft lost contact in Arunachal Pradesh state in India’s remote **rtheast amid turbulent weather, the defence official told AFP. "The ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter) had taken off from Tezpur airbase in Assam state around 4 pm (10:30 GMT)," he said, declining to be named.

India’s junior home minister Kiren Rijiju tweeted that efforts were on to locate the Indian Air Force helicopter, which was carrying relief material for flood-affected residents in the **rtheast of the country.

Arunachal Pradesh as well as some other neighbouring states have been reeling under heavy monsoon rains that have triggered landslides and floods. China and India have a border dispute in the mountai**us **rtheast and regularly accuse each other of making illegal troop encroachments. The standoff has intensified in recent days with the two sides trading stern diplomatic warnings over a remote scrap of territory where the frontiers of China, India and Bhutan meet.

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