Bhopal, Feb. 5 -- Madhya Pradesh police on Thursday arrested an accused involved in a series of attacks on women using a sharp-edged weapon in different areas of the state capital Bhopal, an official said.

The incidents of attack were reported on January 29 under the jurisdiction of Piplani and Ayodhya Nagar police stations in the state capital. According to the police, four separate incidents of attacks on women walking alone on streets had occurred, which include three in the Piplani area and one in Ayodhya Nagar.

Considering the sensitivity of the matter, multiple police teams were engaged to investigate the case and scanned around 900 CCTV footages to identify the accused. Based on an intel from an informer, the accused was arrested...