Bru repatriation from May 11

Aizawl, May 6 (PTI) Repatriation of around 462 Bru families, who had fled Mizoram to neighbouring Tripura in the wake of the communal tension triggered by the murder of a Mizo youth by Bru militants in November, would begin from May 11, state Home Secretary Lalmalsawma said here today.

The Brus would return and would be resettled in their respective villages in Mizoram and the exercise was expected to be completed by May 15, Lalmalsawma told PTI.

To make sure that the repatriated Brus were bona fide residents of the state, the home secretary said job cards under NREGS, electoral photo identity cards and family ration cards would be sufficient proofs.