YMA said Myanmar refugees got indian Aadhar card, PAN card

Aizawl: Young Mizo Association (YMA) on Tuesday said some Myanmar nationals, who have taken shelter in a village in Mizoram’s Kolasib district, have obtained Indian documents such as Aadhar card, PAN card and bank passbook.

In a statement, YMA’s Awithangpa Group said it had recently screened 110 Myanmar nationals, who are currently taking refugee in Khamrang village in Mizoram’s Kolasib district.
During the assessment, it was found that 3 Myanmar nationals were in possession of Aadhar card, while one person was found to have a bank passbook at the Federal Bank in Aizawl, Mizoram and another had a PAN card, he said.

Photocopies of the credentials have been submitted to Mizoram’s Kolasib district deputy commissioner John LT Sanga for further investigation, it said.
The organization alleged that the Aadhar card holders committed the forgery with the help of a person, whose identity has not been disclosed, at a shopping mall in Aizawl, Mizoram.

It said that Myanmar citizens paid Rs 8,000 for an Aadhar card.
He asked the Deputy Commissioner to investigate the matter and take necessary steps to cancel the fake documents immediately.

Meanwhile, John LT Sanga said illegal possession of Indian documents by foreigners is a serious issue, which will be thoroughly investigated with the police.
A senior Assam Rifles official, who declined to be named, also alleged that many people from Myanmar and Bangladesh, who had taken refuge in Mizoram, were given fake Indian ID cards during checking by security forces. Like Aadhar card found in possession.

He said that few of them have such fake identity cards even before entering the state.
In April, Benjamin Sum, a well-known singer from Myanmar’s Chin State, was forced to surrender his fake Indian documents amid fierce protests from locals.

Mizoram currently hosts around 34,000 Myanmar nationals and over 700 from Bangladesh.

The Chin community in Myanmar and the Kuki Chin people in Bangladesh share close ethnic ties with the Mizo.
Myanmar nationals have been taking refuge in Mizoram since a military coup in February 2021, while Bangladeshi nationals have fled since November last year due to armed conflict between the Bangladeshi army and an ethnic rebel Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA). were entered in small batches. A group demanding a separate state.

Mizoram shares a 510 km long international border with Myanmar and 318 km with Bangladesh.