Narayanpur, May 23 -- After security forces successfully neutralised 27 Naxals, including top CPI (Maoist) leader and General Secretary Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) P Sundarraj on Friday said the banned organisation had received training and technological support from several militant and insurgent groups.

"Basavaraju was the general secretary of CPI (Maoists) and headed its military commission. He played a key role in planning and executing the group's violent operations," IG Sundarraj said.

He said that these Naxalites used to receive training from many insurgent groups, and that even the LTTE's name came up -- they shared some technologies.

"The banned and illegal Naxal organisation...