India, April 16 -- On January 24, four refugees from Myanmar allegedly killed an auto-rickshaw driver in Mizoram's Siaha district after a monetary dispute. Three of the accused were arrested. On April 3, a refugee from Myanmar allegedly assaulted a village council vice president in Vengthar.

The two are among several instances that suggest all is not well between local Mizos and Chin refugees from war-torn Myanmar who have made a home in the northeastern state over the past four years. Both share ethnicity, religion and language - one reason why the state government is sheltering the refugees - but the bonhomie between them is beginning to fray.

"Minor clashes and law-and-order issues allegedly involving refugees have occurred and is in...