Guwahati, Oct. 23 -- A political controversy erupted on Friday after a video of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) chief Shatrujeet Kapur referring to an ongoing face-off at multiple locations in Arunachal Pradesh surfaced online, prompting the Congress to accuse the Narendra Modi government of remaining silent on the issue.

The ITBP, which guards and patrols the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China, posted footage of Kapur's remarks on social media late Thursday before deleting it. The comments were made during a felicitation ceremony for troops in Alwar, Rajasthan, on Thursday.

"There was a situation in Arunachal Pradesh where there was a face-off at different locations, which is still continuing," Kapur said, according...