Influx from Myanmar: India to tighten Mizoram border security
News Desk
India will strengthen security along its 510-km stretch of the border with Myanmar in north-eastern Indian state of Mizoram in a bid to prevent the influx of illegal immigrants from the neighbouring country, officials said today.
They also expressed concern over “rising number of crime incidents, including murder cases” after people of Myanmar started taking shelter in Mizoram following a military coup in the neighbouring country in February 2021, our New Delhi correspondent reports.
“We will cease most of the crossings along the India-Myanmar border to prevent illegal influx which is hampering the law and order situation in Mizoram,” an official of central paramilitary force Assam Rifles said.
The development comes after three Mizoram residents were killed recently along the border.
He also alleged that several groups in Myanmar’s Chin state have been “indulging in drug trafficking” to India.