The Army was called in as fresh tension mounted in Manipur on Tuesday and four columns of the Assam Rifles were deployed in Imphal East.

This came after a senior police officer was abducted allegedly by cadres of the Arambai Tenggol, a Meitei organisation, from his residence.

The officer, Additional Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar, posted in the operations wing of the Manipur Police, was rescued after a swift action by police and security forces, the officials said; according to PTI.

The incident reportedly took place around 7 pm on Tuesday. The officials said that a group of cadres owing allegiance to the Arambai Tenggol attacked the house of Kumar at Wangkhei in Imphal East.

The reason for this indiscriminate firing was that the officer concerned had arrested six members of the group for their alleged involvement in vehicle theft, the officials further said.

“We tried to talk to the armed men after they entered, but all of a sudden they started firing at the vehicles and properties. So we had to rush inside and lock ourselves,” M Kulla, the police officer’s father, said.

According to the officials, Kulla called his son and informed about the incident. The officer rushed with his team only to be abducted as they were outnumbered by them.