AIZAWL, Sept 19 - Security has been beefed up and patrolling by the Assam Rifles intensified along the Mizoram- Arakan (Myanmar) border in the State�s Lawngtlai district, in view of the possibility of Rohingya Muslim militants and refugees attempting to enter the State.
A senior Home Department official said today that several meetings were held by the Mizoram police, paramilitary forces and intelligence agencies of both the Central and the State Governments to review the security situation along the Myanmar border.
�Not a single Rohingya Muslim has so far entered Mizoram,� he added. Mizoram shares a 404-km international border with Myanmar and a 318-km border with Bangladesh. � PTI
