Imphal, March 07: To take stock of the ground reality of the large scale exodus of Hmar villagers of Churachandpur to neighbouring Mizoram, a high level team of Ministry of Home Affairs today visited the relief camps where over 500 displaced persons are putting up.

The Central team headed by RR Jha, Director of Relief Operation landed at Mizoram in a helicopter this morning and later the officials held a crucial meeting with the displaced persons, local volunteers and officials of Mizoram Government, informed Babloo Loitongbam, who along with four other human rights activists are camping there to study the situation.

Sadly the human rights activists of Manipur were not allowed to join the meeting with the Central team, Babloo lamented.

About the number of displaced people staying at Mizoram camp, Babloo said it would be over 500 as some of them have gone to their relatives' houses.

But till the people are not secure enough to return back at their respective villages in Churchandpur and they wanted fool proof security there so that no underground cadre can penetrate inside, Babloo, who is the executive director of Human Rights Alert said.

Some displaced persons have even taken shelter at Mizoram, he said, adding that the Mizoram Government and some civil society organisations are supplying relief materials to the displaced at Mizoram.

A leader of the student union of Mizoram told the visiting team that they don't want reimbursement of the expenses incurred in aiding the refugees from Manipur Government as assured by the Chief Minister on the ground that they are helping their 'own brothers' from Manipur.

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