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The Special Party squad of the Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) territory constabulary gunned down the elusive Maoist Madvi Hidma, alias Santosh, his woman Madakam Raje, alias Rajakka, and 4 others successful an speech of occurrence adjacent Nellooru colony successful Maredumilli Mandal, Alluri Sitharama Raju district, Andhra Pradesh, successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday (November 18, 2025).
The brushwood reportedly took spot betwixt 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., and combing operations are inactive ongoing, said Andhra Pradesh DGP Harish Kumar Gupta.
The sidesplitting of Hidma is considered a large stroke to the already dwindling Maoist movement, arsenic Hidma had not lone eluded information forces for a agelong clip but was besides regarded arsenic a subject strategist and a fierce fighter. He headed the Central Military Commission (CMC), the main warring unit of the banned CPI (Maoist), and was known for his quality to pb and motivate his fighters with his tactical and combat skills.
Born successful 1981 successful Sukma, Chhattisgarh (then portion of undivided Madhya Pradesh), Hidma was the youngest subordinate of the Central Committee (CC) and the lone tribal from the Bastar portion to beryllium inducted into the CC, the party’s main deliberation vessel and decision-making body, successful caller years.
His warring prowess astatine a young property attracted the attraction of Nambala Keshava Rao, alias Basavaraju, the erstwhile General Secretary of the party, who was killed successful an brushwood successful the Abujhmad wood country of Chhattisgarh connected May 21, 2025. Hidma rapidly roseate to pb a battalion of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), the Maoist party’s main onslaught force.
He carried a reward of Rs. 50 lakh and was known to person participated successful astatine slightest 26 large deadly attacks, including the 2010 onslaught connected the CRPF campy successful Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, successful which 76 CRPF unit were killed, and the 2013 Jhiram Ghati ambush, successful which respective Congress leaders, including Mahendra Karma, Chhattisgarh Congress main Nand Kumar Patel, and Vidya Charan Shukla, were killed.
Nearing the endgame
The Maoist party, erstwhile considered the azygous largest violent menace to the state by the Union Government, present appears to beryllium a dying movement. The Union Government, including Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah, has acceptable a deadline to extremity the question by March 2026. In enactment with this, the authorities has launched Operation Kagar successful Chhattisgarh, the Maoist stronghold, successful coordination with different Left-Wing Extremist (LWE)-affected states specified arsenic Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal.
The CPI (Maoist), which erstwhile had astir 42 CC members successful 2004, present has lone astir 12. This twelvemonth alone, 5 CC members, including the party’s General Secretary Basavaraju, were killed, portion cardinal members similar Mallojula Venugopal Rao, alias Bhupathi, person surrendered.
Hidma was 1 of the leaders connected whom the CC had placed its hopes to revive its subject movement. With his killing, it present seems that the endgame is drafting near.
