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AP Police arrested 50 CPI (Maoist) cadres in coordinated operations across five districts.

Crackdown followed the killing of top commander M. Hidma in the Maredumilli encounter.

Weapons, ammunition and cash were seized as cadres fled Chhattisgarh into Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh Police have detained 50 alleged CPI (Maoist) cadres in coordinated, intelligence-led operations across five districts, a move that followed the killing of top naxalite commander M. Hidma and five others in an encounter at Maredumilli in Alluri Seetharam Raju district on 18 November.

Addressing reporters in Vijayawada, ADGP (Intelligence) Mahesh Chandra Laddha said, “Following Hidma's killing, we launched a coordinated intelligence-driven operations across five districts and apprehend

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