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Ever since the Andhra Pradesh Police launched the anti-Maoist operation, ‘Sambhav’, successful Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) district, 16 Maoists, who included apical leaders specified arsenic Madvi Hidma and Gajarla Ravi, alias Uday, some Central Committee members of the banned CPI (Maoist), and Raavi Venkata Chaitanya, alias Aruna, were eliminated successful the past six months.
The cognition besides foiled the Maoists’ effort to marque the Maredumilli elevation scope their structure portion to revive the question successful Andhra Pradesh.
In June 2025, the paramilitary forces, chiefly the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), with the enactment of the A.P. police, launched ‘Operation Sambhav’ aft Intelligence inputs confirmed the beingness of Chhattisgarh-based Maoists successful the Maredumilli Agency area.
“They had arrived successful the Maredumilli Agency by June to marque the hilly terrain their shelter. We eliminated the archetypal batch, which besides made arrangements for its shelter, in the Kintakuru speech of fire, successful which Uday and Aruna were killed,” said ASR territory Superintendent of Police Amit Bardar.
The 3 who were killed successful the brushwood astatine Kintakuru were Uday, Central Committee subordinate and caput of the Andhra-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC), Aruna, South Zonal Committee subordinate and woman of Central Committee subordinate Chalapathi, who was killed successful an speech of occurrence successful Chhattisgarh, and Area Committee subordinate Anju.
Mr. Amit Bardar said the accomplishment of cardinal Maoists, including Hidma, was portion of an effort to marque it their structure portion successful Andhra Pradesh, fixed its geographical vantage specified arsenic hilly terrain.
Mr. Amit Bardar said that arsenic galore arsenic 13 Maoists had been eliminated successful 2 days arsenic portion of Operation Sambhav, which was inactive going connected successful the Agency area. The full cognition was being carried retired on the Pamuleru stream, a harmless situation of tigers successful the Papikonda National Park.
The elimination of Metturi Joga Rao connected Wednesday was different large stroke to the Maoists, arsenic helium was considered to beryllium an adept successful making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and arranging connection system, the SP said.
