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A radical of 12 students from Osmania University, Hyderabad, were stopped connected the tri-State borderline of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha astatine Chintoor connected Friday (December 05, 2025). They were heading towards Maredumilli wood for fact-finding connected the November 18, 2025, encounter, where Madvi Hidma, a apical commandant of the banned CPI (Maoist), was among six Maoists eliminated by the information forces.
The members of the fact-finding squad represented assorted organisations including Progressive Democratic Students Organisation (PDSU). Many of them are Law students of Osmania University.
The Chintoor constabulary led by Assistant Superintendent of Police Boddu Hemanth stopped them astatine Andhra Pradesh borders, preventing them from visiting the brushwood site.
Speaking to a conception of media successful beforehand of Chintoor constabulary station, the fact-finding members said, “We are connected the mode to sojourn Maredumilli bureau to spot the brushwood site, interact with the locals and constabulary officials who were progressive successful the cognition successful the aftermath of allegations that Mr. Hidma was captured live and killed successful the Maredumilli forests”.
Six Maoists, including Madvi Hidma, Central Committee Member and South Bastar Battalion Commandant of the CPI (Maoist), were killed successful an alleged brushwood successful Papikonda National Park connected November 18 greeting astatine Maredumilli bureau successful Alluri Sitarama Raju district. The different 5 Maoists eliminated were Mr. Hidma’s woman Raje, and his gunmen - Deve, Lakmal and Kamlu.
Operation successful progress
Speaking to The Hindu over phone, Chintoor Assistant Superintendent of Police Boddu Hemanth said, “The fact-finding squad from the Osmania University person been briefed astir the concern connected the crushed successful the Maredumilli bureau successful the aftermath of ongoing Operation Sambhav. We could not let them to sojourn the Maredumilli bureau owed to ongoing anti-Naxal operations”. The fact-finding squad returned to Hyderabad by Friday evening, said Mr. Hemanth.
In an authoritative release, Human Rights Forum Andhra Pradesh State president K.V. Jagannadha Rao has condemned the detention of the 12-member fact-finding squad connected the tri-State borders astatine Chintoor.
