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
Governing body Government of Andhra Pradesh
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Outskirts of Hyderabad
Sworn members 2000
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 a 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

References

  1. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/home-ministry-GreyHounds-andhra-pradesh-maoist-hit-states/1/208420.html
  2. ↑ http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MP-OTC-naxal-strongholds-can-be-demolished-by-GreyHounds-only-4282389-NOR.html
  3. ↑ http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130606/news-current-affairs/article/kiran-hypes-andhra-pradesh’s-success-naxal-war-seeks-funds
  4. ↑ http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=800000
  5. ↑ "A Disaster Foretold". Daily Pioneer. 11 April 2010.
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