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Hidma, born in Bastar, rose to lead PLGA Battalion 1 and became a central figure in the CPI(Maoist) in central India.
After a series of arrests, surrenders, and losses in Maoist ranks, Hidma was killed in Andhra Pradesh on November 18, 2025, along with his wife and four cadres.
Authorities called him a violent terrorist, but some sections viewed him as a protector of tribal people and forest resources..
Madvi Hidma is dead. He was 51. The Maoist commander who terrorised the administration and security forces in central India’s forested heartland, will not haunt them anymore.
“ Madvi Hidma , a Central Committee member of the Maoists who was formerly the commander of a PLGA battalion, is known as a face of terrorism,” said Sundarraj, the Inspector General of C

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