Were noted Maoist rebel Madvi Hidma, his wife Raje and four others killed in a fake encounter? Were they nabbed unarmed and killed in the cold blood? After Hidma's brother and brother-in-law made this allegation separately, the Communist Party of India (Maoist) too has accused the security forces of staging a fake encounter. Hidma was killed along with his wife, Raje, alias Rajakka, and four other Maoists, on November 18, in an encounter with security forces in Alluri Sitharama Raju district, Andhra Pradesh.

CPI (Maoist) issues statement

In a statement issued on Thursday, the CPI(Maoist) alleged that Central Committee member and Secretary of Dandakaranya Zonal Committee, Madvi Hidma, Raje, and other "comrades" were nabbed unarmed on November 15 in Vijaywada, and the "story of an encounte

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