CPI (Maoist): Hidma was Caught Due to the Treachery of Someone
We hereby share an unofficial translation of a statement issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) published by Avani News.
Date: 20.11.2025.
Comrade Madvi Hidma, a member of the Central Committee and Secretary of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee, along with Comrade Raje and a few others, were captured unarmed in Vijayawada on November 15, and afterwards brutally murdered, and a fake encounter story was fabricated.
Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB) State Committee member Comrade Shankar was captured and murdered along with some others, and a fabricated story was created to make it seem like an encounter took place in the Rampachoudavaram area.
We call for observing November 23rd as a nationwide protest day against this brutal murder.
Dear people!
Today, the RSS-BJP Manuwadis [Translator’s note: a way to refer to the Brahmanic Hindutva rulers, who also defend casteism and other oppression schemes in India] are continuing their blatant fascist repression in the country. They are constantly trying to terrorize the people with murders. The fascist government is committing these murders only for the benefit of corporations.
Comrade Hidma, Secretary of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee and a member of the Central Committee, and his comrade Comrade Raje, along with a few others, went to Vijayawada for treatment. While receiving treatment, clear information reached the police due to the treachery committed by someone. On November 15, under the direction of the Union Home Ministry, the Andhra Special Investigation Branch (SIB) tried to take them into their custody and make them surrender, but failed and brutally murdered them. All the statements that an encounter took place in the Maredumilli forests, that weapons were found and six people were killed, are blatant lies.
The CPI (Maoist) humbly pays tribute to Comrade Hidma, who sacrificed his precious life and showed the spirit of the movement and the strength of his ideology.
The CPI (Maoist) humbly pays tribute to Comrade Shankar (AOB State Committee Member) and Comrade Raje (Regional Committee Member), who continued in the movement till the end and sacrificed their lives without bowing down to the enemy.
The CPI (Maoist) humbly bows its head and pays tribute to Comrade Chaitu (Party Committee Member – PPCM), Comrade Kamlu (PPCM), Comrade Mallal (PPCM) and Comrade Deve (Party member) who sacrificed their precious lives in the performance of their duties and upheld the spirit of the movement. The Central Committee vows to continue the movement by instilling the revolutionary traditions and spirit of the movement that they have carried on.
Comrade Hidma was born in 1974 in a poor tribal family in Puvwarti village, Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. As a child, he studied up to 5th standard in his village. As the movement in his area grew, he came into Party affiliation. He was appointed as a full-time member for the party in December 1997 and worked in Basaguda Squad till the end of 1998. In 1999, he worked in Gadchiroli. Then he worked in the Dandakaranya Ordnance Manufacturing Department for a year. In 2001, he became an State Committee member and came to South Bastar. In 2002, he worked as the Usur LOS [Translators note: Local Operational Squad] Commander, and for a short time as the Konta LOS Commander. In 2005, he became a Divisional Committee member. Later, he worked as the Commander in Company-2. He served as the Company-3 Commander and Secretary from 2006 to 2009. He served as the Battalion Commander since the formation of the Battalion in 2009. He was elected as the Secretary of the BN Committee in 2011. In the same year, he was elected as a member of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee. In 2020, he became a member of the Secretariat. In August 2024, he was promoted to the Secretary of the Special Zonal Committee and a member of the Central Committee.
Comrade Hidma developed by working among the people from the beginning and learning from the people. In the course of the development of the movement, he learned many things for the needs of the movement. He studied Marxism in detail for the needs of the movement and developed politically and theoretically. In the course of the movement, he wrote many circulars and booklets on various occasions and worked to develop the cadres. He made special studies in the military field and achieved good results in practice. He wrote good plans for many military operations and made them successful. In this process, he captured hundreds of weapons from the enemy forces and armed the PLGA. As the battalion destroyed the enemy power under the leadership of Comrade Hidma, organs of people’s power (people’s governments) were formed in the southern sub-zone, and people’s rule has been implemented until recently. He won the trust of the people and the trust of the cadres.
The ruling media and the Godi intellectuals [Translator’s note: intellectuals serving the ruling classes] have long portrayed Hidma as a villain. After his murder, today that poisonous and false propaganda is being fueled even more by the efforts of the BJP fascists. Hidma’s place in the hearts of the people cannot be altered by the attempts of this malicious propaganda. Like the history of Bhagat Singh, Komuram Bhim, Gundadur, Gend Singh, and Alluri Sitarama Raju, Hidma’s history leaves an indelible mark on the Indian revolutionary movement. He will go down in history as a leader not only of the tribal community, but also of the oppressed people. Future generations will read this history and get inspired.
The RSS-BJP rulers are handing over the country’s wealth and natural resources to corporations in the name of development. Many struggles are being waged in the country against this. The RSS-BJP cadres are viciously disrupting, sidelining and suppressing all those struggles. They are inciting communalism and war mongering. They are deceiving the people by announcing new schemes and slogans every day. They have taken all the constitutional institutions under their wing. The Election Commission has become Modi’s ‘Godi’ Commission. They have taken the officials under their wing and achieved victory in the Bihar elections by committing large-scale fraud. They are implementing a plan to completely eliminate the opposition Parties in the country and even destroy the bourgeois parliamentary democratic system.
We call upon the workers, peasants, youth, students and social groups to take inspiration from the history of courageous warriors like Comrade Hidma, the cadre of the CPI (Maoist), and join the struggle against the fascist RSS-BJP Manuwadis, and ultimately continue the struggle to eradicate this exploitative system.
With revolutionary greetings,
Abhay
Spokesperson, Central Committee
Communist Party of India (Maoist)
