Synopsis: Hidma was one of the most wanted Maoist leaders in India and the chief of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army Battalion No. 1, considered the most lethal strike unit of the CPI (Maoist). He carried a bounty of ₹50 lakh.

Six Maoists were killed in a gun battle with the anti-Naxal Greyhounds and local police in Andhra Pradesh early on Tuesday, 18 November.

Madvi Hidma, alias Santosh, 43, arguably the last of the surviving Maoist leaders, and his second wife, Raje alias Rajakka, were suspected to be among those killed in the encounter in the Maredumilli forest region of the Alluri Sitarama Raju district. Police have yet to confirm the identities of those killed, citing the ongoing combing operations and the security situation in the dense forest zone.

The number of injured Ma

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