No rebel groups in Mizoram: state Home Minister

There was no presence of either rebel groups or any training camps run by them in Mizoram, state Home Minister R Lalzirliana said today.
In a written reply to a query from K Liantlinga of the Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP) in the state Assembly here, the minister said the government did not have any knowledge of the presence of rebel groups and there were no training camps being organised by them.
Replying to another question, the minister said 237 arms and 6,345 rounds of ammunition were seized by the state police during the present Congress government since 2009.
Lalzirliana said the majority of the seized arms were made locally and were destroyed in accordance with orders of the courts.

While some arms, especially small arms, were given to individuals through court orders, the rest were kept in police armouries.