A Nagaland government employee was manhandled and abducted by people of neighbouring Manipur from a disputed border area following an altercation over cutting of firewood, the Nagaland assembly was informed on Tuesday. The employee, a ‘dobashi’ (interpreter) by post, was taken away by the residents of Tungjoy village in Manipur’s Sepanati district at around noon on Monday and he was released late at night following intervention of the governments of the two states, Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister in-charge of Home, Y Patton, said.