Aizawl, March 8 : The Mizoram government has been providing relief and shelter to the people who have sneaked into the Indian territory from military coup hit Myanmar, state Home Minister said on Monday adding that the government is waiting for advice from the Centre “to handle the foreign nationals”.
Mizoram Home Minister Lalchamliana, while giving a statement in the Budget session of the state Assembly, said that the state government has sent the details about the “people who entered Mizoram from neighbouring Myanmar” to the Union Home Ministry and it is waiting for the Centre’s advice to deal with the foreign nationals.
“The district administrations are for the time being providing relief and shelter to the people who have crossed over to Mizoram from Myanmar. As the matter is highly sensitive and an issue of two neighbouring countries, we are officially not disclosing the details and the number of people who have come from Myanmar. However, all the details have been communicated to the MHA,” the minister informed the House.
The authorities in Myanmar had on Friday requested India to send back their eight police officers, who had crossed into Mizoram since March 3.
Mizoram’s lone Lok Sabha member C. Lalrosanga said that 15 Myanmar police personnel came to Champhai district while eight policemen took shelter in Serchhip district.
Mizoram’s 510 km international borders with Myanmar are guarded by the Assam Rifles, while the Border Security Force maintains the security along the state’s 318 km borders with Bangladesh.
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