Mizoram Timeline Year - 2009

January 9

Three suspected cadres of the Manipur-based PREPAK outfit are arrested by Police from a hotel in capital Aizawl. One of them reportedly confesses to his involvement in the killing of six persons in 1999.

January 15

Telegraph reports that BLFM cadres have decided not to accept the housing assistance to be given to them by the Mizoram Government. "Cadres of BLFM will not accept INR 3,000 each as housing assistance in protest against the decision to resettle around 300 former Bru rebels in Lunglei and Kolasib District," the outfit's secretary Rothangliana said. The outfit wants all its cadres to be settled in the Mamit District. But the Mizoram Government insists that only around 500 would be resettled in the Mamit District while the rest would be rehabilitated in the Lunglei and Kolasib Districts.

February 21

Troops arrest a leader belonging to the Lanheiba group of Military Council faction of the KCP from his residence at capital Aizawl. The militant is identified as Rajen Singh alias Rajesh alias K.C. Lanheiba Meitei, the ‘commander-in-chief’ of the outfit.

Sentinel reported that the Mizoram Government has decided to take back the Bru refugees who are residing in six refugee camps in north Tripura. During a meeting of all political parties convened by the Mizoram Home Minister R. Lalzirliana at Aizawl a few days back, matters pertaining to the repatriation of the Brus, who migrated to Tripura in late 1997 when the BNLF cadres asked them to leave Mizoram or be in the crossfire as they were launching armed rebellions against the Government and the people of Mizoram, were discussed. The meeting concluded that identification of bonafide Bru citizens precedes repatriation and that the identification is based on electoral roll of 1993 and ration cards prior to 1997. It also agreed that the identification process be completed before September 15, 2009. Home Minister Lalzirliana was quoted as saying that the repatriation of Bru refugees would begin soon after the completion of identification process. The Bru rebels laid down arms and surrendered before the Mizoram Government following an accord signed between the two in 2005. Around 1,000 former insurgents were lodged in transit camps at Tuipuibari and Damparengpui villages along the Mizoram-Tripura border. Official sources said the Mizoram Government was preparing a project of INR 33 crore for the expenses of repatriation which would include rehabilitation and resettlement and free ration before their final settlement in the State.

June 24

Five traders are abducted by unidentified militants at Bhotalbari in Mizoram, while returning in a lorry from North District in Tripura. They are identified as Ajoy Roy (30), Talim Miah (50), Nukul Das (27), Sanku Dey (16) and Satya Nath (20). The driver, however, manages to escape from the confinement of the militants.