Aizawl, Jan. 29 -- Refuting the claim made by an ex-rebel association, a senior Mizoram police officer on Sunday said that there is no presence of a military training centre for Bangladesh-based militants in the state.

Mizoram Inspector General of Police (Headquarters) Lalbiakthanga Khiangte said that there is no such training centre for Chakma militants from Bangladesh in Mizoram as claimed by an association of former Mizo National Front (MNF) militants.

Aizawl-based Peace Accord MNF Returnees' Association (PAMRA), an association of former MNF rebels, recently claimed that Chakma militants from Bangladesh were undergoing military training in at least six locations in south Mizoram's Lunglei district and two locations in Mamit district ...