Overview

• At least 36 of those detained were participants in the first International Star Expo at Lammual in central Aizawl.
• Police said the individuals lacked valid Inner Line Permits as required under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation of 1873.
• The Mizo Zirlai Pawl and Mizoram Merchant Association conducted a verification drive at the expo and handed the non-tribal individuals to authorities.
• MZP and MIMA accused the expo organisers of failing to obtain proper authorisation and flagged an alleged case of a Lunglei-based sponsor backing 20 outsiders, double the permitted limit.
• State Home Department data show nearly 38,000 ILP applications over the past three years and seven months, with 35,922 permits issued.