Aizawl, July 17 -- Nearly 3,000 Myanmar nationals who had fled into India's Mizoram due to recent armed clashes in Myanmar's Chin State have now returned to their native villages following a temporary ceasefire among rival rebel groups.
A senior police officer confirmed the mass repatriation, noting that 2,923 individuals had returned from the border village of Zokhawthar and 39 more from Vaiphai by Wednesday.
The wave of returns began on July 7 and gained momentum after July 12, when a ceasefire agreement was brokered between two Chin rebel factions - the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) and the Chinland Defence Force (CDF-Hualngoram) - both of which had earlier clashed with the Chin National Army (CNA) over territorial disputes in ear...