Having mentally downgraded the military potential of Bum-la-Tawang Palit decided that the answer lay in fortifying Se-la as a defensive position. The sheer imposing look of Se-la beguiled him into believing that Thorat’s defensive line needed to be pushed up from Bomdila–Manda-la to Se-la. Needing a lot more information, Palit immediately dispatched his DQ, Major Raja Fulay, to reconnoitre Se-la’s surroundings. Before Fulay could report back, however, Palit was posted to Army HQ ‘with immediate effect’. This meant that Palit, the only senior officer who knew the Kameng Frontier Division
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