Raipur, Nov 21 (PTI) Tribal leader and former MLA Manish Kunjam on Friday alleged that the encounter in which top Naxalite commander Madvi Hidma was killed earlier this week was "staged" and "orchestrated" by senior Maoist leader Devji, but the police dubbed the claim an "attempt to spread misinformation".

Hidma was caught alive before being killed, he claimed, and added that the "entire game" was planned and engineered by Devji to gain mileage and protect himself.

Hidma (51), his wife Madkam Raje, and four other Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in the Maredumilli forest in Alluri Sitaramaraju district of the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh on November 18 morning.

Addressing a press conference in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, Kunjam alleged, "Hidma had been ca

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