Raipur, November 18: Top Naxalite commander Madvi Hidma, along with five Naxalites, were killed in an encounter in neighboring Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday

Madvi Hidma masterminded several attacks over the last two decades

Chhattisgarh Police described this as the "last nail in the coffin" of insurgency.

Security forces gunned down Hidma (51), his wife Madkam Raje, and four other Naxalites in the Maredumilli forest in Alluri Sitaramaraju district of the neighbouring state this morning, a senior police officer in Bastar confirmed.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said the killing of Hidma, along with five other Naxalites, in a joint operation by security forces along the Chhattisgarh-Andhra Pradesh border marks a "decisive achievement" in the fight against Left Wing Extremism.