As per information received, a minor 14-year-old tribal boy named Ere Dhan Tongchangya S/O Chirappo Tongchangya was killed in an IED landmine blast near the India-Myanmar border near Bundukbanga village in Lawngtlai district of Mizoram. The tragic incident happened on 29 May 2021.
The minor tribal boy was severely injured after he wandered near the international border with Myanmar in search of food in the jungle and stepped on a landmine. The incident happened few kilometres away from Bundukbanga village . The boy died at Longpuighat while being taken to Lunglei town for medical treatment.
This is not the first such incident with landline explosion. In March 2019, a 36-year-old Chakma tribal man was severely injured after he wandered into side of Myanmar in search of food and stepped on a landmine (https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/myanmar-landmine-blast-36-year-old-indian-man-looses-leg-in-the-explosion-2006085)
The India-Myanmar border of Mizoram is full of IEDs allegedly planted by Myanmarese militant groups to prevent Indian army from carrying out any strike against them.
In its petition before the rights bodies’, the Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre(IRAC) submitted that the Government of India and the state government of Mizoram have the constitutional duty to protect its citizens and protect their right to life and physical integrity. Stating that the killing of 14 tribal boy in IED explosion is a serious violation of human rights,