Naxal Leadership Collapses: From Devuji to Hidma, Red Corridor Shrinks

• Top Maoist commander Devuji surrendered, highlighting a trend of experienced operatives leaving the insurgency.
• Elusive Maoist commander Madvi Hidma was killed in November 2025 in a joint operation, a major breakthrough.
• CPI (Maoist) General Secretary Nambala Keshava Rao (Basavaraju) was killed in May 2025, a consequential blow to the organization.
• Central Committee member Pratap Reddy Ramachandra Reddy (Chalapati) was killed in January 2025, further thinning leadership.
• The Maoists' 'Red Corridor' has dramatically contracted due to surrenders, development, and intelligence-based strikes.