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Assam Rifles will improve vigilance along the 510-km stretch of the India-Myanmar border in Mizoram in a bid to stop the influx of unlawful immigrants from the neighbouring nation, officers mentioned.
They additionally expressed concern over “rising number of crime incidents, including murder cases”, after Myanmarese individuals began taking shelter in the northeastern State following a navy coup in the neighbouring nation.
“We will cease most of the crossings along the Indo-Myanmar border to prevent illegal influx which is hampering the law and order situation in Mizoram,” an Assam Rifles official mentioned in Aizawl on Tuesday.
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“Mizoram residents were killed recently in Myanmar side contiguous to south Mizoram’s Siaha district and one in Serchhip by Myanmar nationals,” he mentioned.
He additionally alleged that a number of teams in Myanmar’s Chin state have been “indulging in drug trafficking” to India.
“Many refugees or illegal immigrants from both Bangladesh and Myanmar have acquired fake Indian identity cards,” he mentioned.
Mizoram shares a 318-km-long border with Bangladesh and the Border Security Force (BSF) guards the worldwide boundary with the neighbour.
Assam Rifles, the Central paramilitary power, would shift its battalion headquarters from the center of Aizawl to Zokhawsang in a phased method after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry Home Affairs and the State authorities, one other official mentioned. Zokhawsang is 15 km away from the State capital. As of now, there isn’t a timeframe for the relocation, and the MoU is being ready, he mentioned.
