On 18th November, security forces eliminated India’s most-wanted Naxal commander Madvi Hidma in an encounter in the Maredumilli forests of Alluri Sitharama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh. The security forces conducted an operation between 6 am and 7 am near the Chhattisgarh border. Hidma’s wife Raje and senior cadres including Chelluri Narayana and Tech Shankar were also killed in the encounter. According to officials, a group of Naxals led by Hidma was trying to flee Chhattisgarh when they were intercepted.

Hidma’s death is yet another decisive blow to the CPI (Maoist) in recent years. Home Minister Amit Shah has already stated several times that India will be free from Naxal extremism by March 2026. Notably, security agencies had set a deadline for Hidma’s capture by 30th November and

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