Six Maoists including top leaders of the CPI(Maoist) were killed
- June 26, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Six Maoists including top leaders of the CPI(Maoist) were killed
Subject : Security
Context : Six Maoists including top leaders of the CPI(Maoist) were killed by the Greyhounds in Koyyurumandal in Visakhapatnam Agency.
Concept :
Greyhounds
- Greyhounds is a police special forces unit operating in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and belongs to the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Police departments.
- Greyhounds specialises in anti-insurgency operations against Naxalite and Maoist terrorists.
- Several Indian paramilitary and police officers have described the Greyhounds as the best anti-insurgency force that specialises in anti-Maoist operations and as experts in jungle warfare.
- Greyhound has played paramount role in crushing Maoist militancy in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Currently both states are largely free of Maoists.