Naxals extorting money from traders, industrialists, says Government

NEW DELHI: Naxals are extorting money from traders, industrialists and others in different areas in the country, Lok Sabha was informed today.

"There are reports that money is extorted by anti-social elements, left wing extremists etc, from traders and industrialists in select pockets," Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said in reply to a written question.

The Minister said the data on extortion of money from traders and industrialists by anti-social elements, mafia and Naxalities in states are not maintained centrally, he said.