Another accused arrested in Manipur car blast case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday held a person in connection with an explosion in a car on a bridge in the Bishnupur district of Manipur in June, an official said, adding it was the second arrest in the case.

A spokesperson for the agency said Mohd Islauddin Khan was arrested by an NIA team in coordination with the Manipur Police.

Khan was produced before the jurisdictional court at Imphal which remanded him in NIA custody for seven days, the official said.