Overview
- Security forces acting on specific intelligence launched a late-night combing operation in the Maredumilli forest near the Andhra Pradesh–Chhattisgarh–Odisha tri-junction.
- Amit Bardar, the Alluri Sitarama Raju district police chief, said six Maoists were neutralised and that details would follow after teams return from the area.
- Multiple outlets, citing security sources, report that CPI (Maoist) Central Committee member Madvi Hidma was among those killed, though authorities have not yet confirmed identities.
- On the same morning, a separate encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district led to the recovery of one Maoist body, according to Bastar Range IG Sunderraj P.
- Hidma is accused of directing at least 26 deadly attacks and carried a ₹50 lakh bounty, marking a potentially significant blow to the group’s leadership if his death is verified.