After the security forces neutralised the dreaded Maoist leader Madvi Hidma during a gunfight in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju district on 18th November, the Wire, quite expectedly, was quick to whitewash the Naxal terrorist’s criminal past and paint him as the “hero of the masses”. Along with Hidma, security forces also eliminated 6 other Naxals, including his wife Madakam Raje.

Hidma was a ruthless Naxal, who was associated with some of the most brutal attacks in the history of Left Wing violence. However, for the leftist portal, The Wire, facts fade into the narrative. Two days after the encounter killing of Hidma, The Wire published an article eulogising the Naxal leader who had the blood of several Indian security personnel on his hands. “The tribal man was the most wanted Na

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