Aizawl: Police arrested 74 non-tribal people in Aizawl for not having valid Inner Line Permit (ILP), an official pess release said on Thursday.
Of them, 64 people were convicted by the local courts for violating the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation (BEFR), 1873, a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) said on Thursday.
The statement said that 64 non-tribal people were deported on Wednesday by transporting them to the Mizoram-Assam border.
At least 2,221 BEFR violators have been arrested during this year of which 2,040 people were pushed back after being convicted by the courts of law.
People from outside the states of Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh are required to have ILPs to enter and work in the three states under the BEFR, 1873.
