Batelum Tikro (35) and his cousin Bainsi Manyu (37) went missing on August 19, 2022, while searching for medicinal herbs in the Chaglagam area of the Anjaw district.

The India-China relations have been strained since May 2020 when the People's Liberation Army (PLA) amassed troops in eastern Ladakh, leading to a deadly clash in the Galwan Valley in June 2020.