Aizawl, June 28 -- Mizoram Home Minister K. Sapdanga stated on Friday that refugees taking shelter in the state were linked to over 50% of its recent criminal cases.

The home minister made the statement during a meeting in Aizawl to review the initiative of the state police.

Quoting secret intelligence reports, Sapdanga, who chaired the meeting, said that crime rate is on the rise in the state day after day.

"Criminal rate of all kinds is increasing day by day. Displaced people from across the international border connected more than half of the criminal cases," the home minister said.

According to officials, more than 30,000 refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh and Internally Displaced People (IDP) from Manipur are currently taking s...