Aizawl, July 7 -- Over 3,000 people from Myanmar's Chin state have fled to India and taken shelter in Mizoram's Zokhawthar village in Champhai district following fierce clashes between two ethnic Chin armed groups over the past four days, since Thursday, an official said on Sunday.

The official said that the Myanmarese nationals, mainly from three border villages, Khawmawi, Rihkhawdar, and Lianhna, fled to Zokhawthar due to fierce gun battles between the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) and the Chinland Defence Force (CDF) of the Hualngo area, two of the many anti-junta forces operating in the Chin hills.

Mizoram has already hosted more than 32,000 refugees from Myanmar.

"The refugees started entering Mizoram on Thursday and came in ...