India, Oct. 23 -- A political row erupted on Friday over Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) chief Shatrujeet Kapur's purported remarks that the Shaurya platoon, an elite unit of the force, is successfully dealing with a "face-off in Arunachal Pradesh".

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused the government of remaining "silent on this grave issue". There was no immediate reaction by government officials or the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

In his address to the troops in Rajasthan's Alwar at a felicitation ceremony on Thursday, ITBP director general Kapur purportedly said: "In recent days, there was a situation in Arunachal Pradesh where there was a face-off at different locations, which is still continuing. There our Shaurya comman...