Abbreviation GHS Federal agency(Operations jurisdiction) India | Formed 1989 | |
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency Legal jurisdiction The States of Andhra and Telangana | ||
GreyHounds is a special force of the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states which undertakes high risk operations against Naxalite terrorists.
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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.
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.
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