Amid a spate of incursions by China in Ladakh, its troops are also resorting to tactics like preventing Indian Army from patrolling posts in the sector along the border which is well within India's territory.In what is being described as an aggressive approach by China, the tactics have come to the fore in the wake of yet another incident last week when Indian troops launched its patrol "Tiranga" from Trade Junction area in North of Ladakh for two posts located 14 kilometres up in the higher reaches along the Line of Actual Control(LAC).Indian Army personnel were stopped by Chinese troops who came mounted on heavy and light vehicles, official sources said today.The patrol party was shown a banner, saying it was Chinese territory and that the former could not proceed to the posts, the sources said.Sources also said the Chinese troops were aggressive in their approach while stopping the Indian patrol party who were at their posts.These posts are well inside Indian territory, the sources said, adding that from April this year, the patrol for these forward bases were launched 21, of which only two could be completed.The Chinese have erected an observation post which keeps a vigil on the movement of Indian troops and as soon as an Indian patrol party is ready to leave, they are intercepted midway and sent back, the sources said, adding the matter would be taken up during the next Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) at Chushul.In the same North Ladakh sector, there were instances when Chinese military vehicles were spotted in Depsang Bulge and Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) sector where the two armies had witnessed a 21-day stand-off in April this year.

Indian troops comprising mainly Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) immediately swung into action and prevented the 'free-run' of Chinese military vehicles in the Indian territory.In the last BPM meeting held on July 27, New Delhi also raised objections to a tower being constructed in the Chinese side on the LAC in Demchok-Fukhche sector.