Overview
- Security forces recovered six bodies after an early‑morning exchange of fire in the Maredumilli forests of Alluri Sitarama Raju district, according to the district police chief.
- Officials said names and ranks of those killed are being verified, and combing operations continue along the Andhra Pradesh–Chhattisgarh–Odisha corridor.
- Multiple outlets citing police and intelligence sources reported that CPI (Maoist) central committee member Madvi Hidma and his wife were among the dead, though forensic confirmation is pending.
- Hidma has been linked by security agencies to at least 26 lethal attacks, including the 2010 Dantewada massacre and the 2013 Jhiram Ghati ambush, and carried a substantial bounty.
- The encounter followed coordinated, intelligence‑led operations involving the Greyhounds and local police, with authorities calling it a major tactical success while staying alert for potential retaliation and reporting a separate gunfight in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma.