Imphal, July 15 -- A parked car and a waiting shed were set on fire, while an Assam Rifles vehicle was overturned during a protest in Manipur's Senapati district on Tuesday night.

Tension flared after messages circulated on social media claiming that a confrontation had developed between the Assam Rifles and the Huthrong Brigade Headquarters of the Naga Army at Oklong village in the Mao-Maram subdivision.

The messages called on people to gather at Senapati town's traffic point, following which a large crowd assembled and marched towards the Assam Rifles Company Operating Base (COB), demanding that the force withdraw from the Oklong area.

During the protest, a parked Alto car outside the COB gate was set ablaze and a nearby waiting shed...