Imphal, May 7 -- Indian authorities comprising the Manipur police and Assam Rifles posted at Moreh, India's gateway to the south east Asian countries, have deported 3 Myanmar nationals, who had entered the state of Manipur, India without valid documents.

Officer-in-Charge of the Moreh Police station said that the deportation took place on Wednesday, around 11 am at the Moreh Gate check post bridge in Manipur, which marks the border between India and Myanmar.

After completing their jail terms, authorities initially detained the Myanmar nationals at a foreign detention centre near Manipur Central Jail in Imphal East district.

Subsequently, officials handed them over to Myanmar immigration officers at the Indo-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in...