At least 35 Bru refugees were booked under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, and Section 188 IPC for violating the lockdown.

The North district administration of Tripura has registered a complaint against the 35 Bru refugees for entering Tripura from Mizoram amid the lockdown.

“A case has been registered against 35 Bru people under the Disaster Management Act, 2005. All the 35 Brus entered Tripura on April 17 violating the lockdown. They bypassed all checkgates and came through the jungles from Mizoram. When they reached their camp at Naisingpara, only then we came to know. They said they had approval from a local council of Mizoram which is not valid. We have put them under quarantine at Kanchanpur ST boys’ hostel of Kanchanpur sub-division of the North district,” a senior police officer told The Telegraph.

Earlier, district magistrate Raval H. Kumar said they were screened and all are asymptomatic and were kept under quarantine.

“These Bru inmates are from Naisingpara Bru camp at Kanchanpur sub-division of North Tripura. They are migrant labourers working in Aizawl. Now they are under quarantine and we will take legal action against all,” he said.

After their illegal entry in the state, Tripura police have intensified their vigil and deployed additional forces along the Tripura-Mizoram border.

The second positive case of the state was found in Damcherra village of North district which is very close to the Mizoram border.

“We have collected some samples from the Brus. The results are yet to come. And the second patient of the state who was found in Damcherra of North district is stable now,” state Covid-19 nodal officer Dr Deep Kumar Debbarma said.