Sukma, Nov. 21 -- The bodies of slain Maoist commander Madvi Hidma and his wife, Madkam Raje, were brought to their native village Puvarti on Thursday morning, where the couple received a final farewell on a single funeral pyre. The cremation drew hundreds of villagers from across Sukma district, marking an emotional end to the life of the man long regarded as the most feared face of Maoist violence in Bastar.
Hidma, dressed in a black shirt and trousers, and Raje, draped in a traditional red outfit, were cremated amid heavy security and wailing relatives. The bodies were transported from Alluri Sitarama Raju district in Andhra Pradesh, where both were killed in a major encounter with security forces on November 18.
The bodies reached Puv...