India, Aug. 15 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday warned against what he described as "dimagi Naxals" (intellectual Naxals), saying that while the government had won against armed Maoists, people sympathetic to the ideology were still looking for opportunities to influence and "brainwash" the youth. He said it is imperative to identify and isolate such 'dimaagi Naxal."

"LWE extremism destroyed the future of lakhs of youths. Naxal violence and ideology snatched the children of so many mothers. This Naxal violence, for many decades, had controlled a large part of the country and ruled by the gun," he said.

Addressing the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort on Independence Day, the prime minister said Maoists did not believe in t...