Coimbatore, May 19: Maoists, who have stepped up attacks on security forces particularly in Chhattisgarh, are getting support from terror group Laskhar-e-Taiba, a top CRPF official said today.
“There are also reports that China is indirectly supporting the extremists by way of providing weapons through the borders of West Bengal and North East,” CRPF IG M H Rawat told reporters at CRPF Traning Centre at Kurudampalayam on the city’s outskirts.
“Yes, it is true that they are geting support from LeT,” he said.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh also said today that the Naxals, whom he described as the biggest terrorists, might have links with LeT.
In the latest major attack, Naxals killed 35 people, including civilians in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh.
–Agencies