No connection between Naxals and Nepal Maoists: Patil

New Delhi (PTI): Government on Tuesday said there was no connection between Naxalites and Maoists of Nepal.

"There is no connection" between the Naxalites and Moaists of Nepal, Home Minister Shivraj Patil said replying to questions in the Lok Sabha.

To a question, he said an arrested naxalite had told Jharkhand Police that the extremists have made a budget of Rs 60 crore during 2007-09 for procurement of weapons and explosives