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92 non-tribals without ILPs pushed back to Assam

By The Assam Tribune

AIZAWL, Aug 4 - Mizoram Police have arrested 1,098 non-tribals from the northern part of the State for living in Mizoram without valid inner line permits (ILPs) and have pushed 92 of them back to Assam, a senior police official said.

Deputy Inspector General of Police (Northern Range) Lalbiakthanga Khiangte said the arrests were made since Thursday and the �pushback� to Assam took place on Friday. He said 81 people arrested by Bairabi Police and 11 by Vairengte Police in Kolasib district on the Mizoram-Assam border were pushed back.

The rest will be produced before the respective district courts, Khiangte said, adding that 865 people were arrested in Aizawl district, 111 in Kolasib district, 52 in Mamit district on the border with Tripura, 43 in Serchhip district and 27 in Champhai district. � PTI

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