151 Myanmar Soldiers Who Fled To Mizoram Last Week, Sent Back: Sources

A Myanmar Air Force aircraft landed at the Lengpui airport in Mizoram today to take back the soldiers, the arrangements were overseen by New Delhi.

Over 150 soldiers from Myanmar, who fled to Mizoram last week after their camps were captured by armed pro-democracy ethnic groups, were flown back home on a Myanmar military aircraft today, official sources said.

A Myanmar Air Force aircraft landed at the Lengpui airport in Mizoram today to take back the soldiers, the arrangements were overseen by New Delhi. The transport aircraft took off from Mandalay in Myanmar and landed in Mizoram and airlifted 151 soldiers to Akyab in the neighbouring country in two sorties.

On December 29, 151 Myanmarese soldiers, also known as 'Tatmadaw', fled from their camps and crossed into Mizoram's Lawngtlai district with their arms and approached the Assam Rifles after their camp near the Indo-Myanmar border was overrun by the Arakan Army fighter, an armed pro-democracy group in Myanmar.