Imphal: A day after being released from jail, rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila was today arrested once again by police under the same charge of attempt to commit suicide by means of her indefinite fast.

Imphal West Superintendent of Police Jhaljit told PTI that Sharmila was arrested under section 309 of the Indian Penal Code for attempt to commit suicide. "She has been arrested for the same crime but it is a different case. For the last case she was released by the court and we arrested her under a new case," he said.