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| Special Operation Group SOG | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed |
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| Employees | 3,000 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Odisha, India |
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| Map of Odisha Police Department's jurisdiction | |
| Size | 60,160 square miles (155,800 km2) |
| Population | 41,947,358 |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Cuttack, Odisha |
| Parent agency | Odisha Police |
| Child agencies | |
| As of July 2018 | |
The Special Operation Group[a] (SOG) is a police tactical unit that specialized in quick response to emergencies with SWAT unit tactics especially in mountainous forest areas. It was raised by the Odisha Police (OP) to combat the left-wing extremists in the state.
The unit's missions primarily involve anti-irregular military, apprehension of armed and dangerous criminals, counterterrorism and hostage rescue crisis management, counterinsurgency, executive protection, high-risk tactical law enforcement situations, HUMINT, operating in difficult to access terrain, protecting high-level meeting areas, providing security in areas at risk of attack or terrorism in Odisha, special reconnaissance in difficult to access and dangerous areas, support crowd control and riot control, and special operations.
The SOG has been very successful [citation needed] in counterinsurgency in the form of jungle and mountain warfare in controlling violence by armed guerillas of the Left Wing extremist groups, more popularly called 'Naxalites' in India.
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