Security forces achieved a seismic victory in India’s decades-long war against left-wing extremism on Monday, eliminating Madvi Hidma, the shadowy and savage Maoist commander whose name evoked terror across the Red Corridor, in a predawn gunbattle deep within the teak-shrouded forests of Sukma district. The 42-year-old Hidma—codenamed “Santosh,” “Hidmanna,” and “Deva” in intelligence dossiers—topped the most-wanted list of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)