Mizo Police Deported 309 For Violating ILR

Aizawl, Aug 19 : Mizoram Police have deported 309 non-tribals who violated the Inner Line Regulations (ILR) during this year, state home department officials today said.

The officials said the ILR violators included those who entered and stayed in the state without valid Inner Line Permit (ILP), those who misused their ILPs and those who failed to extend their ILPs.

The arrested non-tribals were produced before the local courts and were later on deported, the officials said.

Provisions of the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulations, 1873 required all non-tribals to acquire Inner Line Permits before entering north eastern states like Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.