Imphal, April 6 -- Manipur police on Saturday arrested an alleged rapist and rescued a ten-year-old victim girl in an operation in the Churachandpur district, an official statement confirmed on Sunday.

It stated that the team including women-PS, Churachandpur under the district police station carried out the operation, following a report regarding the sexual abuse of a girl on the western side of Churachandpur town.

The statement asserted that the joint team received information that the Churachandpur district hospital had witnessed a sexual assault case of a 10-year-old victim, hailing from Chandel District and residing in Churachandpur District on April 4.

It said, acting on the information received, the team rushed to the District H...