IMPHAL, 25 Jul: One more person has been arrested in connection with the stripping and parading of two women in Manipur, a video of which has attracted nationwide condemnation, police said on Tuesday.
The fresh arrest on Monday evening from Thoubal district has taken the total number of apprehensions in the case to seven, they said.
The police had earlier identified 14 people from the video among those who had participated in the disrobing of the two tribal women on 4 May.
The two women are alleged to have been sexually assaulted before being set free by a mob. A 26-second video of the incident had surfaced on 19 July.
One of the women seen in the video is the wife of an ex-Armyman, who had served as a subedar in the Assam Regiment and had even fought in the Kargil War.
A complaint in connection with the video was lodged around a month ago, on 21 June, at the Saikul police station in Kangpokpi district. (PTI)
