Meanwhile, the official vehicle of an executive engineer of PHE department, J Wanniang, was torched by unidentified miscreants at Mawlai here this evening. The vehicle was parked at the residential complex of Wanniang when petrol bombs were hurled at it, the police said.
Another government vehicle was set on fire using a petrol bomb in the city on Saturday night.
Heavy deployment of security personnel was made on the highways even as police intensified patrolling and surveillance to prevent any untoward incident in view of the blockade call.
Vehicles, including night buses and trucks, mostly kept off the road and commuters were not seen in the city after 8 pm.