Agartala, July 26 -- Tripura police detained 23 members of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) of poll strategist Prashant Kishore in a city hotel since last night and stopped their movement claiming to ascertain their documents and motive of their visit, said an on duty policeman in the hotel without further detail.

The hotel sources said suddenly police stormed the hotel around 0100 hrs and forced the staff to open their access inside.

The police initially wanted to see the guest details from the hotel registered and identified the I-PAC team.

Allegedly, police called a few of the team members at night to come down for interaction but they declined, hotel staff claimed.

"A large number of armed police captured the hotel lobby ...