At least 151 Myanmarese s❀oldiers fled to Mizoram's Lawngtlai district after their camps in the neighbouring country were overrun by an armed ethnic group.
The news agency PTI quoting an Assam Rifles officer said on Saturday that theMyanmarese army personnel, also known as the 'Tatmadaw,' fled with their a♏rms and approached the Assam Rifles at Tuisentlang in Lawngtlai district on Friday after their camps near the international border were overrun by the Arakan Army fighters.
The report 🤪quoting an officer said that there had been intense gunfights between the Myanmar army and the Arakan Army fighters for the past few⭕ days in areas close to the Indian border.
He said that some of the Myanmarese Army personnel, who entꦦered Mizoram on Friday, were critically injured and first aids were administered to them by the Assam Rifles, it said.
Where are Myanmarese Army personnel now?
The Myanmar ar🐼my soldiers are now in the safe custody of Assam Rifles at Parva in Lawngtlai district near the Myanmar border, the Army offi🐠cer said.
The Myanmar so🎀ldiers will be sent back to their country in some days as talks are going on between the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Myan🥃mar military government, he added.
Similar incident of Myanmarese Army personnel entering India:
In November, a total of 104 Myanmar soldiers fled to Mizoram after their military camps along the Myanmar-India border were 🌸overrun by pro-democracy militia - People's Defence Force (PDF).
They were airlifted by the Indian Airforce to Moreh in Manipur, from where they crossed the international border and entered Tamu, the nearest border town in Myanmar.
