Eight additional companies of Assam Rifles have been deployed along the Mizoram-Myanmar border to ensure that no Rohingya Muslims entered the state from the neighbouring country, a senior police official said today. "Three companies of Assam Rifles included personnel from its battalion headquarters at Aizawl, Serchhip and Lunglei," he said. The other five companies had personnel from Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, he added. No Rohingya had entered the state till date, the official asserted. Members of the community have been fleeing from Myanmar to neighbouring countries in recent times after facing violence and persecution.

Source: Economic Times October 10, 2017 08:48 UTC