India, Myanmar exchange 61 nationals through ICP

By Sujit Chakraborty Imphal/Guwahati, Nov 26 : India and Myanmar on Thursday exchanged 61 nationals including two militants through the Moreh Integrated Check Post (ICP) in southern Manipur, officials said.
In another development, the security forces in West Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri have detained 14 Myanmarese refugees, who have fled from the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar in southeast Bangladesh and illegally entered into India.
An official of Moreh ICP told IANS on Thursday night that of the 61 people, aged 20 to 30 years old, 34 are Indian nationals including two extremists and 27 are Myanmarese nationals.
Most of these people illegally cross the borders and lodged in respective countries’ jails following their sentences awarded by the Indian and Myanmar courts.
The official on condition of anonymity said that of the 34 Indian nationals belonging to different northeastern states, two terrorists are members of Tripura and Manipur outlawed outfits and they were handed over to the Manipur police for taking legal actions.
He said that of the 27 Myanmar nationals, 19 were lodged in southern Assam and eight in Manipur jails following their detention after the illegal entry and stay into India.