No proof of link between Maoists in India and Nepal: Menon

Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on Sunday said the government doesn't have any proof to link the Maoists in Nepal with those in India.

Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on Sunday said the government doesn't have any proof to link the Maoists in Nepal with those in India.

HT Image

Menon, who is on a two-day official visit here, said, "We don't have any proof to find a link between India's Maoists and the Nepalese Maoists."

He was responding to a question on whether there was any link between Maoists in Nepal and India.

Menon's remarks came in the backdrop of increased Maoist violence in India, where the Left-wing extremists have laid a siege to Lalgarh town in West Bengal.

During his visit, Menon had met former Prime Minister and Maoists chief Prachanda and discussed the current political situation in the country.