Imphal, May 5 -- A 29-year-old man was arrested for stabbing a 41-year-old Manipuri housewife with a pair of scissors at the crowded Paona bazaar under the City police station of Imphal City.

The police report stated on Monday that the alleged accused, namely Khuraijam Davish Singh (29), a resident of Sagolband Salam Leikai, Imphal West, was arrested from near Ibohal Cycle, Paona Bazar, Imphal West, where he had pierced a pair of scissors into a lady on her neck.

The injured woman, identified as Ningthoujam Bebe Devi (41), wife of Ningthoujam Kenedy Singh of Khongjom Papal Mamang Leikai in Thoubal district, was rushed to the Raj Medicity Hospital, Imphal, where she was given treatment.

According to a police report, the incident occurre...