Vijayawada: A few hours after the killing of top Maoist Commander Madvi Hidma in Alluri Sitharamaraju district, 50 Maoists, including nine security guards of Maoist Chief Devuji, were arrested during large-scale searches in five districts of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.

The Maoists were arrested in Vijayawada, Kakinada, Eluru and other places in a joint operation by various wings of the Intelligence, the elite counter-terrorism unit Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations (OCTOPUS) and police.

As many as 31 Maoists, including 21 women, were arrested from a building in Vijayawada in an operation which triggered a stir in the city.

Fifteen Maoists were arrested in Eluru.

The security forces picked up them from Green City gated community.

They were reportedly hiding there for last on

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