Security in Mizoram Borders To Be Tightened

Aizawl, May 13 : The Centre government has decided to beef up security along Mizoram's porous international borders with Bangladesh and Mizoram to check trans-border movement of terrorists and smugglers, state home department officials said in Aizawl on Thursday.

Sandwiched between the two countries, Mizoram shares 404 km and 318 km long borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh respectively.

Quoting intelligence reports, the officials said Northeast militants hiding in the two countries frequently used Mizoram, the most peaceful state in the region, as corridors.

During their recent visits to the state, the chiefs of the BSF and the Assam Rifles informed Mizoram governor Lt. General M.M. Lakhera and Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla that more troops would be deployed along the border areas, the officials added.