India, Sept. 5 -- The body of a 59-year-old tribal leader involved in peace talks in ethnic violence-hit Manipur has been recovered from a river in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, days after five men linked to a Kuki militant group allegedly abducted and killed him, police said on Friday.

Nehkam Jomhao, the tribal leader, participated in a meeting in Imphal on August 16 between Thadou tribe representatives and Meitei civil society groups. It was the first such engagement since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur last year.

Senior police superintendent (Karbi Anglong) Sanjib Kumar Saikia said Jomhao's body was recovered on Thursday and has been sent for postmortem. "We have arrested the five accused persons. Further investigation and le...