Operation aimed at Hidma, but he is a ‘bundle of photographs’

Saturday’s operation in Bastar by security forces may have been aimed at striking at the heart Maoist commander Madvi Hidma’s stronghold — perhaps the most wanted insurgent — but police aren’t even sure what he looks like. They just have a bundle of photos of men who could be Hidma. All that’s known is that Hidma is perhaps 53 years old, short, and heads PLGA battalion number 1 as well as the Maoists’ south sub-zonal command.