India, Aug. 7 -- Thadou Inpi Manipur (TIM), an apex body of the Thadou community in the state, on Thursday claimed that several leaders had been detained at an Imphal hotel where they had held a peace meeting with Meitei civil society organisations the previous day.

A senior police officer rejected the allegation, insisting that security personnel had been deployed at the hostel for the safety of TIM delegates. "There is no detention or house arrest of the TIM delegates, the police personnel and central forces are deployed for safety reasons, considering the present unrest as the government cannot take a risk," a senior police officer said

The Thadou delegation was part of a 16-member team that had travelled to Imphal for the peace dial...