IMPHAL, June 30 -- The Assam Rifles launched an identification, verification and biometric registration drive for displaced Myanmar nationals on Monday, in coordination with the civil administration, police and medical department of Kamjong district, to strengthen border governance and security, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

Kamjong is a district of Manipur along the border with Myanmar, on the northeastern side of Imphal.

The Assam Rifles statement said the documentation exercise was conducted in Phaikoh, Shangkhalok and Aloyo villages, where displaced Myanmar nationals who fled instability in their country have taken temporary shelter.

Acting under the directions of the district administration, a joint team comprising 40 civil o...