Parading women naked: 6th accused arrested
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 22 2023:
One more person has been arrested by the State police for their alleged involvement in the naked parade case.
As per a daily bulletin of the Police Control Room, the police, so far, have arrested six persons in connection with the case and efforts are underway to nab the remaining culprits.
Of the six persons, one is juvenile according to the Police Control Room.
It is said that the sixth accused and the juvenile surrendered before the police.
It may be mentioned that the Court of Judicial Magistrate, First Class Thoubal on Friday remanded the first four accused of the case to 11 days police custody till July 31 while the fifth accused, as per PCR, was arrested later in the day.
House of the 5th accused at Wangjing Hodamba Mamang Leikai was also burnt by the mob.
Meanwhile, about the report of a large mob procee- ding towards Kwatha to burn the village, the Police Control Room clarified that the Tengnoupal SP and 20 Assam Rifles have visited the site and confirmed that there was no such attempt.
To clarify rumour, the Control Room shared a helpline number 9233522822 .