MN-AR-BORDER

AR seals porous India-Myanmar border in Manipur's Moreh
    Imphal, Oct 9 (PTI) The Assam Rifles (AR) has sealed
the porous India-Myanmar border at Moreh town in Manipur for
maintaining law and order, police said.
The porous border spread over 10 km between Moreh town
in Manipur's Tengnoupal district and Myanmar was sealed by the
Assam Rifles on Tuesday, the police said.
    There was a bomb explosion at Moreh town near the
office of the Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau (SIB) on Monday
and another bomb exploded near Moreh police station on
Saturday night, the police said. No casualties were,
however, reported.
    Assam Rifles, the oldest paramilitary force, is
responsible for guarding the India-Myanmar border besides
assisting the law and order of the state.
Superintendent of Police of Tengnoupal district, Th
Vikramjit Singh, said that two border gates -- gate number one
and gate number two -- were, however, open.
Manipur shares over 100-km-long porous international
border with the neighbouring country. PTI COR
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