India, May 9 -- The number of arrests in the Balianta mob lynching case has risen to 11, with the Commissionerate Police apprehending six more individuals on Saturday.

Earlier, five persons had been arrested in connection with the incident in which 32-year-old GRP constable Soumya Ranjan Swain was killed on May 7 near Ramachandrapur in the Balianta area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.

According to police, the alleged mob attack followed an incident in which Swain and his associate, Om Prakash Rout, were accused of assaulting two women. The survivors alleged they were first harassed by the two motorcycle-borne men, who passed objectionable remarks as the women were travelling on a scooter. The accused then allegedly rammed their vehicle...