Mizoram declared insurgency free as last Hmar group lays down arms in peace ceremony

Last cadres returned to mainstream after a fresh peace pact

Mizoram has been declared free of active underground ethnic insurgent groups after the Hmar People’s Convention (Democratic) Lalhmingthanga Sanate faction laid down arms and returned to the mainstream. The shift was marked in Sesawng in a ceremony, following a peace pact signed earlier this month, with the government welcoming cadres and citing renewed peace and unity in the state.