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Odisha Police SPECIAL TACTICAL UNIT (STU)

Estb - 2013
HQ - n/a

After the ghastly attacks of 26/11 & Bodhgaya blasts, Odisha police's top brass decide to form a unit to tackle n contain terrorist attacks and sabotage attempts in Urban areas. Hence, in 2013, STU was unveiled.
STU consists of 1 Assualt Group (AG) which has 30 Cdos. The AG is led by an Assistant Commandant who is of the rank of a DySP & has 3 Inspectors under him. Plans were in place to raise one more AG and subsequent raised the unit strength to 100 but it never formalised
The Assualt Group got it's initial 3 months training at NSG's Trg HQ, Manesar and then continued to train with SOG Odisha. The AG is currently stationed at 7th Battalion OSAP in Bhubaneswar. It is shifted to different part of the state as per needs eg- Rath Yatra et.
Command of STU falls under Inspector General (Operations)

Note - Galil (Galataz?) Sniper in the second pic
Weapons include - Sig 553, H&K MP-5, Glock, B&T MP9, Galil (Galatz) sniper
Men for STU are drawn from Armed Police (OSAP) as well as District Police.

🚨 And STU (Special Tactical Unit) should not be confused with STF (Special Task Force) which has been estb to investigate serious crimes, narcotics crime and gang related violence.
If you missed out details of SOG Odisha, here is a thread explaining the command structure, deployments and misc details of the force
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But before we start, I'd like to pay my respect to Late K.S Vyas IPS (AP:1974) founder of Greyhounds and State Intelligence Bureau (SIB), person who crafted the initial trg modules. Sadly KS Vyas was gunned down by Maoists on 27 Jan 1993.
•Announced - 6 June 1988
•Established - 1989

•Founders - Late KS Vyas (then SP) & Durga Prasad (then IG)

•HQ - outskirts of Hyderabad.

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What goes into the training of an IPS officer ? We've heard many cribbing about IPS officers not able to lead units.
Let me draw a line between Police and Military leadership. Different domains, need different set of skills and experiences. In the following tweets I explain
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PHASE 1
1) 3 months- foundation course at IAS Academy
2) 12 Months- main training at @svpnpahyd
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A detailed account of DANTEWADA MASSACRE 2010

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It is said that, the Dantewada massacre is by far the deadliest Maoist attack since the insurgent movement started. Before starting I would like to pay my respects to the fallen soldiers of the CRPF and Chhattisgarh Police. Image
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