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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox law enforcement agency
|agencyname = District Voluntary Force
|abbreviation = DVF
|formedyear = 2009
|formedmonthday =
|employees = 500
|budget =
|nongovernment =
|country = India
|local = yes
|police = yes
|divtype = State
|divname = Odisha
|parentagency = [[Odisha Police]]
|headquarters = [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha]], India
|website =
|footnotes = Data for organisation as at December 2011
}}

'''District Voluntary Force''' (DVF) is a special [[constabulary]] unit of the [[Odisha Police]]. They are primarily used in [[Maoist|anti-Maoist]] operations. It was formed in 2009.<ref name=Cutting>{{cite news|title=Small force that provides the cutting edge|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/small-force-that-provides-the-cutting-edge/1169616/0|accessdate=20 February 2015|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=16 September 2013}}</ref>

==Organisation==
Odisha has 500 personnel under the DVF. They do not wear special lapels or badges. 40% are recruited from former [[Special Operation Group (Odisha)|Special Operation Group]] (SOG) agents, as they retire after 35; and rest from the local police who speak the local dialects and know the terrain. They work in groups of 8–10. Some of them gather information and other carry out operations. They don't require the approval of Superintendent of Police for operations, unlike the SOG. However, for bigger operations, SOG is sent to avoid casualties, as DVF lacks the training. DVF agents have 30% higher salary than the local police.<ref name=Cutting/>

In January 2011, the state government announced that they would increase the number of DVF personnel. The number of district with DVF units would be increased from 11 to 17.<ref name=Anti-Red>{{cite news|title=State to enhance anti-Red strength|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110116/jsp/orissa/story_13446953.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150221150935/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110116/jsp/orissa/story_13446953.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2015|accessdate=21 February 2015|work=[[The Telegraph (India)]]|date=15 January 2011}}</ref>

==Notable operations and incidents==

In early March 2014, a DVF team killed two Maoist in [[Koraput district]].<ref name=TwoMao>{{cite news|title=Two Maoists gunned down in Orissa|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/two-maoists-gunned-down-in-orissa/|accessdate=21 February 2015|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=5 March 2014}}</ref> In mid-May 2014, Purna Huluka (alias Khatru) was shot dead by a DVF team in [[Koraput district]]. He had a bounty of {{currency|100,000|INR}} on his head.<ref name=ShotDead.>{{cite news|title=Maoist shot dead in encounter in Odisha|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/odisha/maoist-shot-dead-in-encounter-in-odisha_932065.html|accessdate=21 February 2015|work=[[Zee News]]|date=14 May 2014}}</ref>

In mid-September 2014, a DVF team killed a wanted Maoist leader, Erra Madkami (alias Sundhi Dalei), in [[Malkangiri district]]. Madkami had a {{currency|400,000|INR}} bounty on his head.<ref name=Nabbed>{{cite news|title=Maoist nabbed in Malkangiri|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/maoist-nabbed-in-malkangiri/article6424812.ece|accessdate=21 February 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 September 2014}}</ref> In late December 2014, acting on a tip-off a joint team of DVF and SOG raided a Maoist hideout and captured two Maoists in [[Sambalpur district]].<ref name=Sambalpur>{{cite news|title=Two maoists arrested in Sambalpur|url=http://post.jagran.com/Two-maoists-arrested-in-Sambalpur-1420014675|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106021031/http://post.jagran.com/two-maoists-arrested-in-sambalpur-1420014675|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 January 2015|date=31 December 2014|work=[[Dainik Jagran|Jagran]]|accessdate=21 February 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Special Operation Group (Odisha)]] ([[Odisha Police]])
* [[Special Tactical Unit]] ([[Odisha Police]])

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Odisha Police]]
[[Category:2009 establishments in Orissa]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 2009]]

District Voluntary Force - Revision history

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