India, June 16 -- Five members of the Meitei group Arambai Tenggol have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a civilian and the assault on two police personnel, people aware of the matter said on Monday, and added it was part of an ongoing crackdown in the ethnic violence-hit Manipur.

The people said the three Huidrom Somokanta Singh, Huidrom Dipak Singh, and Thingujam Ranjit Singh were produced before a magistrate and remanded in seven-day police custody. Police said others involved in the case were being traced.

On June 12 and 13, two Arambai Tenggol members were arrested for their alleged involvement in a mob attack on June 9 that left additional police superintendent Wangkhomba Okramcha injured.

The arrest of five Ara...