Manipur video: Seventh accused in sexual assault case arrested

Earlier, police arrested six accused, including a juvenile, in connection with the horrendous crime that took place on May 4.

Women form a human chain to protest against the ongoing ethnic violence between Meiteis and Kukis in Manipur, in Imphal on Saturday night.

IMPHAL: The Manipur Police on Monday arrested one more accused in connection with the stripping and alleged sexual assault of two women.

So far, since a purported video of the incident recently surfaced online, the police have arrested seven accused in the case.

Officials said that the seventh accused was arrested from Thoubal district.

Earlier, police arrested six accused, including a juvenile, in connection with the horrendous crime that took place on May 4.

Meanwhile, irate mobs earlier set ablaze the houses of absconding suspect L. Kabichandra, 20, in Wangjing area in Thoubal and main accused Huirem Herodas Singh at Yairipok village in Thoubal.

At least 160 people have been killed and several hundred injured since ethnic violence broke out in the state on May 3, when a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest against the majority Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.