Saturday, November 21, 2009

Bru leaders visit border villages in Tripura

Aizawl, Nov 20 (PTI) Leaders of three Mizoram-based Bru organisations today visited some villages on the Tripura border, appealing for peaceful co-existence between majority Mizo and minority Bru communities following incidents of arson and the murder of a Mizo youth.

Members of Bru Students Association (BSA), Bru Cultural Organisation (BCA) and Aizawl Bru Welfare Committee (ABWC) went around the villages in Mamit district, some of which were rocked by violence after a Mizo youth was gunned down at Bungthuam village, near Tripura border on November 13.

Superintendent of Police, Mamit, L R Dingluaia said the delegation members also met top district officials.

"The team members informed their (Bru) people in the district that the state government has been making all out effort to contain the recent spurt of communal tension and there is no reason to flee to neighbouring Tripura," Dingluaia told PTI over phone.