Guwahati, July 17 -- Nearly 3,000 refugees from Myanmar who had recently crossed into Mizoram have returned to their villages following a ceasefire agreement between rival Chin rebel groups, a senior police officer said on Thursday.

According to officials, over 4,500 Myanmar nationals had entered Mizoram and taken shelter in the border villages of Zokhawthar, Saikhumphai, and Vaiphai in Champhai district earlier this month, after clashes erupted between the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) and the Chinland Defence Force (CDF), both backed by the Chin National Army (CNA).

The refugees had fled from various villages in Myanmar's Chin state, which shares a porous 510-km border with Mizoram.

As per police sources, 2,923 refugees from Zok...