Karnataka has set up a "Special Protection Force" consisting of a fifty-plus member squad which, after receiving training specific to their terrain and objectives, has become operational in early 2012. They will be working in two specific areas of the state. Madhya Pradesh also had announced a similar squad a couple of years ago, but that has not come to fruition yet.
States like Orissa, and Tamil Nadu may also come up with their own squads. For what?
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To prevent poaching of tigers. The Karnataka squad will be patrolling the Bandipur and Nagarhole tiger reserves.
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