Imphal, Nov 1 (PTI) Five people were arrested in Manipur's Kakching district for allegedly being involved in the assault of four student leaders, police said on Saturday.

Based on an FIR registered at Kakching Police Station in connection with the alleged assault, they were apprehended on Friday, and two vehicles were seized for verification, a police statement said.

Four students from Chandel district were allegedly assaulted on the night of October 30 near Bijoypur along the Kakching-Lamkhai–Pallel Road by unknown persons, it said.

The arrested people are residents of Pallel Thong Wangma and Pallel Chandel Lamkhai areas, the police statement said.

The arrests came a day after the Sirti Upa Ruh (Monsang Tribe Union) condemned the "assault" of four Monsang tribe student leaders by unid

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