Imphal, April 13 -- A 21-year-old man who allegedly raped and murdered a mentally challenged girl was arrested from a hideout in Khoken village in Manipur's Pherzawl district bordering Myanmar and Mizoram, according to a Manipur police report.

A special team of the Manipur Police arrested the alleged accused, namely, Kammalsawm Singson (21), a resident of Songsang village in the Thanlon subdivisionof Pherzawl District.

Police arrested him from Khoken village under Thanlon police station of the same District in connection with the murder of a minor girl at Leijangphai village under Thanlon-PS, Pherzawl District on April 11.

Police arrested the lone accused a day after they discovered the victim's body.

The mentally challenged girl was ...