Top Maoist commander Madvi Hidma is among six Maoists killed in exchange of fire with security forces in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitharamaraju district in the Andhra-Odisha border area Tuesday.

The encounter took place in the Maredumilli forest area when the police from Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and personnel of the central paramilitary forces were engaged in a combing operation after receiving information about the presence of Maoists.

Top Maoist commander and CPI (Maoist) Central Committee member Madvi Hidma is reported to be among the Maoists killed in the encounter.

His killing is seen as a major victory of the security forces in the anti-Maoist operations.

The security forces are yet to confirm the death of Hidma, who was behind 26 armed attacks on police and paramil

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