Aizawl, July 12: The Indo-Myanmar border along Mizoram’s entire eastern frontier has been placed on high alert as fighting between rebel groups across the border in Myanmar has intensified.

According to reports, at least 5,900 refugees have fled into India, with some dying during the treacherous trek and others sustaining injuries. Several of the injured are currently being treated at hospitals in Mizoram.

The Chin National Army and the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) — two factions of the rebel forces fighting the Myanmar military junta — are locked in intense battles to control areas just across the border from Mizoram.

Officials from Assam Rifles and the Mizoram Police said that during one such clash, bullets and shelling spilt over into Indian territory near the border town of Zokhawthar in Champhai district.

One refugee reportedly died while trying to cross the Tiau River, which marks the border between the two countries.

“We have reports that one Mizoram national also died in the gunfight earlier this week, and there are three other unverified cases of drowning,” said an official.

Since the 2021 military coup in Myanmar, more than 30,000 nationals from that country have entered Mizoram seeking refuge.

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