India should stop Myanmar’s warplanes from entering Indian airspace

• Devastating attacks on an ethnic-Chin rebel group.
• Chin National Front (CNF) troops, including two women, were killed during airstrikes.
• Two bombs dropped by the Myanmar air force also came down on the Indian side.

An international human rights organization has urged India to stop Myanmar’s jets while the military dictatorship is bombing sites close to the Indian border.

In devastating attacks on an ethnic-Chin rebel group on Tuesday and Wednesday, Fortify Rights stated that Myanmar’s air force “dropped bombs on both sides of the Myanmar-India border.”

The rights organization claimed that five Chin National Front (CNF) troops, including two women, were killed during airstrikes that allegedly began on Tuesday when bombs were thrown on the Camp Victoria of the ethnic armed group in Myanmar’s Chin state, which borders the Indian state of Mizoram.

The rights organization said that two bombs dropped by the Myanmar air force also came down on the Indian side of the border, close to the village of Farkawn in the Champhai region of Mizoram, but no injuries were reported there.

In a statement released on Thursday, Matthew Smith, chief executive officer of Fortify Rights, stated that New Delhi should not put up with the junta’s intrusions into its airspace and that Indian authorities should take all necessary measures to guarantee the security of citizens and border areas.

“India must not allow the junta to continue destabilizing the region by using Indian airspace in its attacks and should support efforts to hold the junta accountable for its crimes,” he said.

According to Indian authorities, the bombs fell into a riverbed that marks the border between India and Myanmar internationally.

Lalrinpuia Varte, the police superintendent for the Champhai district, stated that “our preliminary investigation has shown that there is no damage to any [Indian] life or property.”

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