<p>Assam Rifles will enhance vigilance along the 510-km stretch of the India-Myanmar border in Mizoram in a bid to prevent the influx of illegal immigrants from the neighbouring country, officials said.</p>.<p>They also expressed concern over "rising number of crime incidents, including murder cases", after Myanmarese people started taking shelter in the northeastern state following a military coup in the neighbouring country.</p>.<p>"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 said here on Tuesday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/myanmar-junta-pardons-2153-prisoners-jailed-for-dissent-against-military-1215150.html" target="_blank">Myanmar junta pardons 2,153 prisoners jailed for dissent against military</a></strong></p>.<p>Three Mizoram residents were killed recently in Myanmar side contiguous to south Mizoram's Siaha district and one in Serchhip by Myanmar nationals, he said.</p>.<p>He also alleged that several groups in Myanmar's Chin state have been "indulging in drug trafficking" to India.</p>.<p>"Many refugees or illegal immigrants from both Bangladesh and Myanmar have acquired fake Indian identity cards," he said.</p>.<p>Mizoram shares a 318-km-long border with Bangladesh and the Border Security Force (BSF) guards the international boundary with the neighbour.</p>.<p>Assam Rifles, the central paramilitary force, would shift its battalion headquarters from the heart of Aizawl to Zokhawsang in a phased manner after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry Home Affairs and the state government, another official said.</p>.<p>Zokhawsang is 15 km away from the state capital.</p>.<p>As of now, there is no time frame for the relocation, and the MoU is being prepared, he said.</p>
<p>Assam Rifles will enhance vigilance along the 510-km stretch of the India-Myanmar border in Mizoram in a bid to prevent the influx of illegal immigrants from the neighbouring country, officials said.</p>.<p>They also expressed concern over "rising number of crime incidents, including murder cases", after Myanmarese people started taking shelter in the northeastern state following a military coup in the neighbouring country.</p>.<p>"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 said here on Tuesday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/myanmar-junta-pardons-2153-prisoners-jailed-for-dissent-against-military-1215150.html" target="_blank">Myanmar junta pardons 2,153 prisoners jailed for dissent against military</a></strong></p>.<p>Three Mizoram residents were killed recently in Myanmar side contiguous to south Mizoram's Siaha district and one in Serchhip by Myanmar nationals, he said.</p>.<p>He also alleged that several groups in Myanmar's Chin state have been "indulging in drug trafficking" to India.</p>.<p>"Many refugees or illegal immigrants from both Bangladesh and Myanmar have acquired fake Indian identity cards," he said.</p>.<p>Mizoram shares a 318-km-long border with Bangladesh and the Border Security Force (BSF) guards the international boundary with the neighbour.</p>.<p>Assam Rifles, the central paramilitary force, would shift its battalion headquarters from the heart of Aizawl to Zokhawsang in a phased manner after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry Home Affairs and the state government, another official said.</p>.<p>Zokhawsang is 15 km away from the state capital.</p>.<p>As of now, there is no time frame for the relocation, and the MoU is being prepared, he said.</p>