Naxals develop nexus with Islamic groups in West Bengal: Government

NEW DELHI: Government today said front organisations of CPI(Maoist) have developed close nexus with certain fundamentalist Islamic groups in West Bengal and have forged common platform on certain issues.

Minister of State for Home R P N Singh said in Rajya Sabha that the government was closely monitoring the situation.

He, however, said no concrete inputs are available to indicate that Naxals have forged direct ties with Pakistani intelligence agency ISI.