12 ‘Rohingyas’ held in India’s Mizoram for illegal entry
Twelve suspected Rohingyas, believed to be victims of human trafficking, were arrested in India's Mizoram for entering the north eastern state without valid travel documents, a police officer said today.
Eight women and four boys were apprehended from a house to Bawngkawn police station in Mizoram capital city Aizawl yesterday, our New Delhi correspondent reports quoting Deputy Inspector of Police (Northern Range) Lalbiakthanga Khiangte.
It is suspected that they were victims of human trafficking, he said adding the arrested people had mobile phones without SIM cards in their possession. Investigation is on to find out their identities, the correspondent reports.
The 12 people were found at the residence of a woman who claimed that her cousin, who lives at Tahan in Myanmar, had asked her for a favour to keep the 'guests' before being taken to the neighbouring country.
In late April, eight Rohingya women were detained at India-Myanmar border Vairengte town for trying to enter Mizoram illegally and were pushed back.
They had claimed that they were from Kutupalong refugee camp at Sabulara in Bangladesh and were abducted by a group of men on April 19 and brought to Mizoram by truck.
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