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Dreaded fighter handpicked core of rebels’ striking force
Hindustan Times Pune
|November 19, 2025
"Hidma’s terror has ended, peace is returning to Bastar," Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai wrote in a social media post on Tuesday, while Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj P, added that the death of 50-year-old Madvi Hidma marked “one of the most decisive
breakthroughs in the history of anti-Naxal operations.”
This story is from the November 19, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Pune.
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