Greyhounds (police)
| Greyhounds | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | GHS |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1989 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction) | India |
| Operations jurisdiction* | State of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India |
| Legal jurisdiction | The States of Andhra and Telangana |
| Primary governing body | Government of Andhra Pradesh |
| Secondary governing body | Government of Telangana |
| General nature |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Outskirts of Hyderabad |
| Parent agency | Andhra Pradesh Police and Telangana Police |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
GreyHounds is an special force of the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states which undertakes high risk operations against Naxalite terrorists.[1][2][3]
History
GreyHounds was raised in the year 1989 by an IPS officer K. S. Vyas.
Operations
The state has been a long-time guerrilla hotbed but since 2005, the elite force prowling the backcountry and supported by paid informants at the village level have managed to arrest or kill several top rebels.[4]
The force, which numbers around 2,000 in the state, moves around in small bands of 15-25 commandos. They are specially trained for deep forest pursuit and combat.
Over the past two years, the rebel ranks have fallen from around 1,000 hardcore members to some 400 today. [5]
See also
- Counter Insurgency Force (West Bengal)
- Special Operation Group (Odisha)
- Special Weapons and Tactics (Uttar Pradesh)
References
- ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/home-ministry-GreyHounds-andhra-pradesh-maoist-hit-states/1/208420.html
- ↑ http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MP-OTC-naxal-strongholds-can-be-demolished-by-GreyHounds-only-4282389-NOR.html
- ↑ http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130606/news-current-affairs/article/kiran-hypes-andhra-pradesh’s-success-naxal-war-seeks-funds
- ↑ http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=800000
- ↑ "A Disaster Foretold". Daily Pioneer. 11 April 2010.
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