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Who was Madvi Hidma? India's ‘most-wanted’ Naxal commander behind 26 deadly attacks, killed in Andhra encounter today
Maoist leader Madvi Hidma, responsible for at least 26 deadly attacks, was killed with five others; weapons and explosives were seized during the encounter, officials said.
- This morning, an Andhra Pradesh police Special Party operation found Madvi Hidma killed in an encounter in Maredumilli, Alluri Sitarama Raju district, between 6.30 a.m. and 7 a.m., with six Maoists neutralised and all bodies recovered.
- In line with a government push and deadlines set by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, security agencies launched the combing operation after intelligence indicated Maoist movement near the AP‑Chhattisgarh‑Odisha border, killing Hidma 12 days before the November 30 deadline.
- Raised to the Central Committee after years as a battlefield commander, Madvi Hidma led the PLGA South Bastar Battalion and was credited with at least 26 lethal attacks, including the 2010 Tadmetla and 2013 Jhiram Ghati attacks.
- Security officials said the killing may be the single biggest blow to the CPI , with Bastar Inspector General Sundarraj Patillingam calling it a "historic milestone" Tuesday.
- Born in Sukma and recruited as a child fighter, Hidma rose to become the only tribal CPI Central Committee member from Bastar, symbolizing Bastar adivasi cadres.
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Most wanted Naxal Hidma killed 12 days ahead of Amit Shah's deadline
New Delhi: Madavi Hidma, the dreaded Maoists ‘commander,’ was killed by security forces 12 days before the November 30 deadline set by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to eliminate the most wanted Naxalite, sources said on Tuesday. Security forces killed the 44-year-old Naxal leader in the dense Pullagandi forests located at the tri-junction of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana. Amit Shah’s deadline “The Union home minister had set a dead…
Who was Madvi Hidma? India's ‘most-wanted’ Naxal commander behind 26 deadly attacks, killed in Andhra encounter today
Hidma, alias Santosh, a key figure in the CPI (Maoist) hierarchy, was killed early Tuesday morning, 18 November, in an encounter in the Maredumilli forest region of Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju district, security officials said.
·New Delhi, India
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