silchar more than 1000 meiteis reached assams barak valley from mizoram till monday in the wake of a former insurgent group issuing a statement asking the manipuris settled in mizoram to leave the state for their own safety sources said about 500 more meiteis travelling through nh303 connecting aizawl mizoram with silchar assam reached barak valley on monday some of them said they left mizoram because of fear of life and of losing property they came in at least 50 vehicles the assam government on sunday opened a relief camp at binnakandi in cachar district for those fleeing from mizoram day after another such camp was set up in sonai area of the district while 49 people have taken shelter in binnakandi camp another 51 have taken refuge at the camp in sonai these are being manned by both administration and local population sp cachar numal mahatta saidhe added that the people taking shelter in both the camps belong to manipur and are being accommodated here till they can leave for their home state the meitei people belonging to barak valley have reached their own homes sources said fear gripped the meiteis living in mizoram following a threat issued by pamra we dont know what will happen my family members advised me to immediately return home under such circumstances a meitei man who has a small business in aizawl and is a resident of lala in hailakandi district of assam said another meitei returnee who owns a shop in aizawl said his landlord asked him to leave because she has to give the house on rent to a kuki family