Manipur Police arrests sixth accused in viral video case

The Manipur Police on Saturday arrested another accused in connection with a viral video which showed two women being paraded naked and sexually assaulted in the state. Police said that total of six arrests have been made so far in the incident which occured on May 4,2023. In this regard, the official media handle of Manipur Police took to Twitter and said,”6 (six) including 1 (one) Juvenile Arrested/Apprehended. As regard to the viral video of 2 (two) women on May 4, 2023, another accused was arrested today. Altogether 6 (six) persons including 5 (five) main accused and one juvenile have been arrested and apprehended in the case so far.” Police said that it is making all-out effort to arrest the remaining culprits by conducting raids at many suspected hideouts. On July 20, Police had arrested four accused in the case and all were later remanded to 11 day police custody. The first arrest in the case was made in the early hours of Thursday, hours after the video surfaced widely.