Imphal, June 21 -- Manipur Police resorted to tear gas to disperse an angry mob and protesters who are demanding to hand over a group of miscreants who had reportedly surrendered to the police after being involved in an eve-teasing incident during a religious procession on Friday night.

The incident occurred near Ibudhou Wangbrel Tomchou Higher Secondary School under Mayang Imphal Police Station, in Imphal West district, Manipur, during the Lai Haraoba festival, a sacred indigenous celebration of the Meitei community.

According to reports, a group of youths allegedly engaged in eve-teasing and verbal abuse targeting girls participating in a ritual procession. Locals chased the miscreants, who arrived in a vehicle, and the miscreants lat...