Amaravati: Fifty CPI (Maoist) cadres were arrested across five districts in Andhra Pradesh in a coordinated, intelligence-led operations, poliec said on Wednesday.

Out of the 50 arrested, 45 were produced before the respective local court and remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.

The crackdown comes a day after the encounter in Alluri Seetharam Raju district on November 18, in which top naxal commander M Hidma and five others were killed.

"Following Hidma's killing, we launched a coordinated intelligence-driven operations across five districts and apprehended 50 CPI (Maoist) cadres," said ADGP Intelligence Mahesh Chandra Laddha, addressing a press conference in Vijayawada.

Those arrested include special zonal committee members, divisional committee members, area committee members a

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