Imphal, July 17 -- The Manipur Police have arrested a 55-year-old man, identified as Md Abdul Hakim, in connection with the tragic hit-and-run case involving a Manipuri woman, Shamurailatpam Manitombi (55), a resident of Bishnupur district.

The arrest came ten days after the crime, police said on Thursday.

Police arrested Md Hakim on Wednesday night and seized his four-wheeler, a Maruti Fronx involved in the accident.

They produced him before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Bishnupur, which remanded him to police custody until July 19.

The Moirang Police further registered a case against him under Sections 281 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiy...