New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- A 12-member Election Commission of India (ECI) team, including senior official Maneesh Garg, visited Manipur last week to review poll preparations and assess the security situation ahead of the assembly elections scheduled in the violence-hit state early next year, people aware of the matter said on Thursday. According to officials, senior deputy election commissioner Garg was part of the team that flew to the state from Delhi to hold closed-door meetings, interact with nodal officers and review security arrangements. The name of another official, director general (IT) Seema Khanna, was also on the list shared with the Manipur government, but she cancelled her visit last minute, they added. "Their visit kicked off the poll process... The security aspect of holding the election peacefully when there are clashes was also discussed," one officer said. An EC official denied that there was anything amiss in Khanna cancelling her tour. "She has just spent two days in Punjab." They also said Garg has been leading the EC delegation as he is in charge of elections. Garg had come under the spotlight after it emerged that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had written to the Cabinet Secretary earlier this year regarding his alleged misconduct....