Pakistani intelligence agency ISI is having close liaison with some pro-Naxal overground organisations through banned SIMI in West Bengal and helping them to instigate people against the government.

This was disclosed by West Bengal Director General of Police Naparajit Mukherjee while addressing a meeting of Chief Secretaries and Police Chiefs of nine Maoist-affected states in New Delhi yesterday.

Mr Mukherjee said, these elements have held several meetings jointly in three districts of West Bengal, including Murshidabad, staged protests against alleged violation of human rights and have been instigating people against the government.

This is for the first time that a senior officer has come on record blaming ISI for helping Naxals carry out anti-government activities.

The meeting, chaired by Union Home Secretary RK Singh, was attended by Chief Secretaries and DGPs of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and representatives of Uttar Pradesh.