Manipur Police on Saturday arrested the fifth accused in reference to the video that surfaced on July 19 showing two girls folk being paraded bare by a mob in strife-torn Manipur.
The accused has been identified as a 19-one year-veteran, reported PTI, citing the police.
Earlier, police had arrested four males for disrobing and parading two girls folk in Manipur on Can also simply 4. They were remanded to 11-day police custody on Friday.
The arrests were made on Thursday, a day after the 26-second video surfaced on July 19.
The home of the important accused within the case changed into once torched on Thursday, hours after he changed into once arrested by police.
In response to police, he changed into once seen prominently directing the mob at B. Phainom village of Kangpokpi district within the video.
One in every of the ladies folk seen within the video is the quite loads of other of an ex-army man who had served within the Indian Navy as a Subedar of the Assam Regiment and even fought within the Kargil Wrestle.
It is going to be recalled, that the criticism in reference to the viral video changed into once lodged spherical a month within the past – June 21 – at Saikul police divulge in Kangpokpi district.
The FIR filed in this case, a replica of which has been seen by PTI, printed the account of mayhem which occurred earlier than the kidnapping and indecent behaviour with tribal girls folk, a video of which has now fashioned the foundation of raids and arrests of of us related with the incident.
The FIR claimed that one person changed into once killed by the mob as he tried to guard his sister from being raped on Can also simply 4 earlier than the 2 were paraded bare and molested in entrance of others.
Extra than 160 of us own lost their lives, and loads of were injured since ethnic violence broke out within the divulge on Can also simply 3, when a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ changed into once organised within the hill districts to boom against the Meitei community’s place a matter to for Scheduled Tribe (ST) dwelling.
Meiteis yarn for about fifty three per cent of Manipur’s inhabitants and live largely within the Imphal Valley, whereas tribals, which consist of Nagas and Kukis, constitute 40 per cent and stay largely within the hill districts.
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