Security intensified along Mizoram-Bangladesh border

Security has been beefed up along the Mizoram-Bangladesh international border after the Union Home Ministry instructed the state government to maintain strict vigil on border areas, a senior police official said today.

The instructions have been issued to the district SPs of Kolasib, Mamit, Lunglei and Lawngtlaim sharing border with Bangladesh to intensify security in their respective districts, the official said.

BSF personnel deployed in the areas were also instructed to intensify patrolling along the 319 km-long Mizoram- Bangladesh border, he added.

Security was already tightened after recent terror attacks in Bangladesh.