A local court Tuesday sent five men arrested for molesting two Manipuri women here to judicial custody for 14 days.
"Metropolitan Magistrate Monika Saroha sent Prem Chand and other four accused to 14 days' judicial custody," said defence counsel Vinod Gupta.
The proceedings were held in-camera.
Prem Chand was arrested Sunday while the other four accused were arrested Monday.
Police said the two women, in their late 20s, were beaten up by a group of men in Kotla Mubarakpur area of south Delhi on the evening of Jan 24.
The men also passed racist comments against them, police said.
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