New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday reviewed the security situation with senior officials regarding the situation in Manipur amid rising tensions in the northeastern state.

Home Minister Amit Shah will also hold a key security meeting on Monday over the security scenario in the BJP-ruled, news agency ANI reported.

The security situation in Manipur has been volatile over the past few days.

Manipur Remains on Boil, Amit Shah Cancels Election Rallies

Earlier today, Union Home Minister Amit Shah also cancelled his rallies in poll-bound Maharashtra to hold an unscheduled meeting in the national capital. 

On November 16, mobs had set fire to the residences of three more BJP legislators, one of whom is a senior minister, and a Congress MLA in various districts of Imphal Valley on Saturday night even as security forces foiled an attempt by agitators to storm the ancestral residence of Chief Minister N Biren Singh.

Mob Attacks Residence of BJP Leaders In Manipur

As tensions continue to prevail, Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Anish Dayal Singh is scheduled to visit Manipur amid continued tensions in the region, sources were quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Manipur police officials have arrested 23 individuals who were part of the mob involved in the alleged “ransacking and arson of the houses”.

Amid the escalating tensions in the state, a complete curfew has been imposed in Imphal until further notice. In response, the government has temporarily suspended internet and mobile data services for two days.

Police officials said that eight people were injured during efforts to disperse a mob that targeted the homes and properties of public representatives in Imphal.