Mizoram court hands 10-years jail term to Myanmar's soldier for deadly attack on a couple

A former soldier from Myanmar was sentenced to ten years in prison by a district court in Mizoram on Wednesday for attacking a couple and trying to kill the wife.

Min Aung was found guilty and sentenced by Champhai district additional and sessions judge Sylvie Zomuanpuii Ralte. Min Aung was a soldier from Myanmar who sought refuge in the district in 2022.

He was sentenced to seven years in prison for trying to kill the woman and an additional three years for seriously hurting the couple.

Additionally, it fined Aung a total of Rs 3,000 in the two cases. If the convicted man does not pay the fine, he will serve an additional three months in prison.

Aung had decamped with a gun from Myanmar and fled to Mizoram in 2022. He was lodged at a relief camp in Champhai’s Zote village.

In September that year he forced his way into the room of a Myanmar refugee couple in the relief camp and ordered them to buy alcohol and drugs for him. When the couple refused to comply stating that alcohol and other substances are strictly prohibited inside the relief camps, Aung attacked the woman with a machete.

The woman’s husband tried to stop him and the accused attacked him too, inflicting grievous injuries to the couple.

The accused escaped from the crime scene but was caught by volunteers of Young Mizo Association (YMA), who handed him to the police. The YMA also filed an FIR in connection with the incident.

(with inputs from agencies)