Maredumilli encounter: Families declare mortal stays of Madvi Hidma, his spouse Raje

The mortal stays of Madvi Hidma, central committee member and South Bastar Battalion commander of CPI (Maoist) and his spouse Madakam Raje, Chhattisgarh State zonal committee member, have been handed over to their household late night time of Wednesday (November 19, 2025). On November 18, the safety forces eradicated six Maoists, together with Hidma, Raje and 4 others in an trade of fireside in Papikonda National Park as a part of the Operation Sambhav in Alluri Sitarama Raju district.

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Alluri Sitarama Raju District Superintendent of Police Amit Bardar advised The Hindu, “The relations of Hidma and Raje have claimed their mortal stays. The autopsy has been carried out in Rampachodavaram Area Hospital.”

Accompanied by the Chhattisgarh police, Hidma’s brother and Raje’s sister have claimed and picked up the mortal stays of the Maoist couple whose final rites can be carried out of their native village of Puvarthi village in Sukma district in Chhattisgarh.

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By November 19, the relations of 4 Maoists — Deve, Lakmal, Malla and Kamlu @ Kamlesh — Maoist cadre — the gunmen of Hidma, are but to say their mortal stays and autopsy is but to be accomplished. Mr. Amit Bardar advised The Hindu that the mortal stays of the 4 Maoists could be handed over to their households as and once they declare.