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			{{Short description\|Special police unit of India}}
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	In India, a '''Special Task Force''' ('''STF''') is a type of police task force created to deal with certain problems. Every state has a power to constitute an STF.<ref>{{cite web\| title = Special task force asks Bihar railway official to help trace 'wanted' station master\| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Special-task-force-asks-Bihar-railway-official-to-help-trace-wanted-station-master/articleshow/31380659.cms\|date=Mar 4, 2014\| access-date = 2014-03-09\| work = The Times of India}}</ref> They are primarily formed due to lack of adequate police forces for a task, like neutralizing a major criminal or criminal network or as a counter-insurgency or anti-terrorism measure.<ref name="CohenDasgupta2013"/><ref name="Alexander2002">{{cite book\|author=P. J. Alexander\|title=Policing India in the New Millennium\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENqDmiSAPAwC&pg=PA467\|year=2002\|publisher=Allied Publishers\|isbn=978-81-7764-207-0\|pages=467–}}</ref><ref name="Army)Datta2013">{{cite book\|author1=P C Katoch (Retd Indian Army)\|author2=Saikat Datta\|title=India's Special Forces: History and Future of Special Forces\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FM3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT134\|year=2013\|publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd\|isbn=978-93-82573-97-5\|pages=134–}}</ref>		In India, a '''Special Task Force''' ('''STF''') is a type of police task force created to deal with certain problems. Every state has a power to constitute an STF.<ref>{{cite web\| title = Special task force asks Bihar railway official to help trace 'wanted' station master\| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Special-task-force-asks-Bihar-railway-official-to-help-trace-wanted-station-master/articleshow/31380659.cms\|date=Mar 4, 2014\| access-date = 2014-03-09\| work = The Times of India}}</ref> They are primarily formed due to lack of adequate police forces for a task, like neutralizing a major criminal or criminal network or as a counter-insurgency or anti-terrorism measure.<ref name="CohenDasgupta2013"/><ref name="Alexander2002">{{cite book\|author=P. J. Alexander\|title=Policing India in the New Millennium\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENqDmiSAPAwC&pg=PA467\|year=2002\|publisher=Allied Publishers\|isbn=978-81-7764-207-0\|pages=467–}}</ref><ref name="Army)Datta2013">{{cite book\|author1=P C Katoch (Retd Indian Army)\|author2=Saikat Datta\|title=India's Special Forces: History and Future of Special Forces\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FM3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT134\|year=2013\|publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd\|isbn=978-93-82573-97-5\|pages=134–}}</ref>
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	==Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh to kill Shri Prakash Shukla==		==Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh to kill Shri Prakash Shukla==
	An STF was first formed in 1998 by the Uttar Pradesh Police to kill [[Shri Prakash Shukla]]. Because at that time crime was at its peak in Uttar Pradesh. In the 1990s [[Shri Prakash Shukla]] had become the biggest name of terror in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The extortion and other illegal activities were at its all-time high. The STF proved to be very successful in capturing criminals and controlling crimes in UP. Since then it has been an integral part of UP police.{{citation needed\|date=March 2014}}		An STF was first formed in 1998 by the Uttar Pradesh Police to kill [[Shri Prakash Shukla]]. Because at that time crime was at its peak in Uttar Pradesh. In the 1990s [[Shri Prakash Shukla]] had become the biggest name of terror in [[Uttar Pradesh]].The fear of Shri Prakash Shukla in the 90s was such that even the police used to go out of his way. Shukla had driven AK-47 for the first time on the soil of Uttar Pradesh in 1996. So the first time in Uttar Pradesh STF was formed. Shri Prakash Shukla is still considered as the biggest don of Uttar Pradesh. The extortion and other illegal activities were at its all-time high. The STF proved to be very successful in capturing criminals and controlling crimes in UP. Since then it has been an integral part of UP police.{{citation needed\|date=March 2014}}

	The special Task Force of UP Police was created vide GO No. 1889 (1) VI-Pu-2-98-1100 (35) dated 4.5.98 of UP Government for the following objectives:		The special Task Force of UP Police was created vide GO No. 1889 (1) VI-Pu-2-98-1100 (35) dated 4.5.98 of UP Government for the following objectives:
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	In India, ~~every state has a power to constitute~~ a '''Special Task Force''' ('''STF''') to deal with certain problems.<ref>{{cite web\| title = Special task force asks Bihar railway official to help trace 'wanted' station master\| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Special-task-force-asks-Bihar-railway-official-to-help-trace-wanted-station-master/articleshow/31380659.cms\|date=Mar 4, 2014\| access-date = 2014-03-09\| work = The Times of India}}</ref> They are primarily formed due to lack of adequate police forces for a task, like major criminal, or criminal network or as a counter insurgency or anti-terrorism measure.<ref name="CohenDasgupta2013"/><ref name="Alexander2002">{{cite book\|author=P. J. Alexander\|title=Policing India in the New Millennium\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENqDmiSAPAwC&pg=PA467\|year=2002\|publisher=Allied Publishers\|isbn=978-81-7764-207-0\|pages=467–}}</ref><ref name="Army)Datta2013">{{cite book\|author1=P C Katoch (Retd Indian Army)\|author2=Saikat Datta\|title=India's Special Forces: History and Future of Special Forces\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FM3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT134\|year=2013\|publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd\|isbn=978-93-82573-97-5\|pages=134–}}</ref>		In India, a '''Special Task Force''' ('''STF''') is a type of police task force created to deal with certain problems. Every state has a power to constitute an STF.<ref>{{cite web\| title = Special task force asks Bihar railway official to help trace 'wanted' station master\| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Special-task-force-asks-Bihar-railway-official-to-help-trace-wanted-station-master/articleshow/31380659.cms\|date=Mar 4, 2014\| access-date = 2014-03-09\| work = The Times of India}}</ref> They are primarily formed due to lack of adequate police forces for a task, like neutralizing a major criminal or criminal network or as a counter-insurgency or anti-terrorism measure.<ref name="CohenDasgupta2013"/><ref name="Alexander2002">{{cite book\|author=P. J. Alexander\|title=Policing India in the New Millennium\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENqDmiSAPAwC&pg=PA467\|year=2002\|publisher=Allied Publishers\|isbn=978-81-7764-207-0\|pages=467–}}</ref><ref name="Army)Datta2013">{{cite book\|author1=P C Katoch (Retd Indian Army)\|author2=Saikat Datta\|title=India's Special Forces: History and Future of Special Forces\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FM3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT134\|year=2013\|publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd\|isbn=978-93-82573-97-5\|pages=134–}}</ref>

	The states of [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Karnataka]] first raised Special Task forces in the 1980s to counter ivory poacher, [[Veerapan]], whom the forces eventually killed in 2004 with [[Operation Cocoon]]. In late 1980s, such ~~force~~ were formed in Punjab to counter insurgency.<ref name="CohenDasgupta2013">{{cite book\|author1=Stephen P. Cohen\|author2=Sunil Dasgupta\|title=Arming without Aiming: India's Military Modernization\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6f2opVxRGDcC&pg=PA125\|year=2013\|publisher=Brookings Institution Press\|isbn=978-0-8157-2492-6\|pages=125–}}</ref>		The states of [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Karnataka]] first raised Special Task forces in the 1980s to counter ivory poacher, [[Veerapan]], whom the forces eventually killed in 2004 with [[Operation Cocoon]]. In late 1980s, such forces were formed in Punjab to counter insurgency.<ref name="CohenDasgupta2013">{{cite book\|author1=Stephen P. Cohen\|author2=Sunil Dasgupta\|title=Arming without Aiming: India's Military Modernization\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6f2opVxRGDcC&pg=PA125\|year=2013\|publisher=Brookings Institution Press\|isbn=978-0-8157-2492-6\|pages=125–}}</ref> An STF was also formed in 1998 to kill [[Shri Prakash Shukla]].

	==Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh==		==Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh to kill Shri Prakash Shukla==
	STF was first ~~constituted~~ by [[Uttar Pradesh]] ~~police to control~~ the ~~exponentially increasing crime rates~~. The extortion and other illegal activities were at its all-time high. The STF proved to be very successful in capturing criminals and controlling crimes in UP. Since then it has been an integral part of UP police.{{citation needed\|date=March 2014}}		An STF was first formed in 1998 by the Uttar Pradesh Police to kill [[Shri Prakash Shukla]]. Because at that time crime was at its peak in Uttar Pradesh. In the 1990s [[Shri Prakash Shukla]] had become the biggest name of terror in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The extortion and other illegal activities were at its all-time high. The STF proved to be very successful in capturing criminals and controlling crimes in UP. Since then it has been an integral part of UP police.{{citation needed\|date=March 2014}}

	The special Task Force of UP Police was created vide GO No. 1889 (1) VI-Pu-2-98-1100 (35) dated 4.5.98 of UP Government for the following objectives:		The special Task Force of UP Police was created vide GO No. 1889 (1) VI-Pu-2-98-1100 (35) dated 4.5.98 of UP Government for the following objectives:

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	==Others==		==Others==
	Another Special Task Force was constituted by [[Karnataka]] and [[Tamil Nadu]] to nab forest [[bandit]]s and [[sandalwood]] [[smuggler]]s.{{cn\|date=March 2019}}		Another Special Task Force was constituted by [[Karnataka]] and [[Tamil Nadu]] to nab forest [[bandit]]s and [[sandalwood]] [[smuggler]]s.{{citation needed\|date=March 2019}}

	States of [[Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]] also has a Special Task Force.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Jharkhand Special Task Force (STF) \|publisher= Department of Police, State Government of Jharkhand\| url = http://www.jhpolice.gov.in/STF \| access-date = 2014-03-09}}</ref>		States of [[Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]] also has a Special Task Force.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Jharkhand Special Task Force (STF) \|publisher= Department of Police, State Government of Jharkhand\| url = http://www.jhpolice.gov.in/STF \| access-date = 2014-03-09}}</ref>

	===State of [[West Bengal]] & [[Arunachal Pradesh]]===		===State of [[West Bengal]] & [[Arunachal Pradesh]]===
	[[Kolkata Police]] also has a Special Task Force.{{cn\|date=March 2019}}		[[Kolkata Police]] also has a Special Task Force.{{citation needed\|date=March 2019}}

	West Bengal government created new directorate of the Special Task Force under [[West Bengal Police]] <ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/west-bengal-govt-creates-new-directorate-of-special-task-force/1701426/\|title=West Bengal govt creates new directorate of Special Task Force\|date=10 September 2019\|work=[[The Financial Express (India)\|Financial Express]]\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>		West Bengal government created new directorate of the Special Task Force under [[West Bengal Police]]<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/west-bengal-govt-creates-new-directorate-of-special-task-force/1701426/\|title=West Bengal govt creates new directorate of Special Task Force\|date=10 September 2019\|work=[[The Financial Express (India)\|Financial Express]]\|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

	Likewise [[Arunachal Pradesh Police]] also has a Special Task Force Company formed in the year 2008.		Likewise [[Arunachal Pradesh Police]] also has a Special Task Force Company formed in the year 2008.

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In India, every state has a power to constitute a '''Special Task Force''' ('''STF''') to deal with certain problems.<ref>{{cite web| title = Special task force asks Bihar railway official to help trace 'wanted' station master| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Special-task-force-asks-Bihar-railway-official-to-help-trace-wanted-station-master/articleshow/31380659.cms|date=Mar 4, 2014| access-date = 2014-03-09| work = The Times of India}}</ref> They are primarily formed due to lack of adequate police forces for a task, like major criminal, or criminal network or as a counter insurgency or anti-terrorism measure.<ref name="CohenDasgupta2013"/><ref name="Alexander2002">{{cite book|author=P. J. Alexander|title=Policing India in the New Millennium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENqDmiSAPAwC&pg=PA467|year=2002|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-7764-207-0|pages=467–}}</ref><ref name="Army)Datta2013">{{cite book|author1=P C Katoch (Retd Indian Army)|author2=Saikat Datta|title=India's Special Forces: History and Future of Special Forces|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FM3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT134|year=2013|publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-82573-97-5|pages=134–}}</ref>

The states of [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Karnataka]] first raised Special Task forces in the 1980s to counter ivory poacher, [[Veerapan]], whom the forces eventually killed in 2004 with [[Operation Cocoon]]. In late 1980s, such force were formed in Punjab to counter insurgency.<ref name="CohenDasgupta2013">{{cite book|author1=Stephen P. Cohen|author2=Sunil Dasgupta|title=Arming without Aiming: India's Military Modernization|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6f2opVxRGDcC&pg=PA125|year=2013|publisher=Brookings Institution Press|isbn=978-0-8157-2492-6|pages=125–}}</ref>

==Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh==
STF was first constituted by [[Uttar Pradesh]] police to control the exponentially increasing crime rates. The extortion and other illegal activities were at its all-time high. The STF proved to be very successful in capturing criminals and controlling crimes in UP. Since then it has been an integral part of UP police.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

The special Task Force of UP Police was created vide GO No. 1889 (1) VI-Pu-2-98-1100 (35) dated 4.5.98 of UP Government for the following objectives:

# Collection of Intelligence about Mafia gangs and Intelligence based action against such gangs.
# Preparation of action plan and its execution against Disruptive Elements specially [[Inter-Service Intelligence|ISI]] agents.
# Action against listed gangs in coordination with the district police.
# Effective action against gang of [[dacoit]]s, especially inter-district gangs.
# Effective action against inter-district gangs of Organized criminals.

With the creation of the ATS, charter no 2, i.e., action for prevention of disruptive activities especially ISI agents have been transferred to the ATS.

The STF is headed by an Additional Director General rank officer, who is assisted by an Inspector General of Police. The STF works as teams, with each team headed by either an Additional SP or Deputy SP. The SSP is in charge of all the operations conducted by the STF. STF has a pan-UP jurisdiction. Its teams also operate outside the state, with the assistance of respective State police.

UP STF relies extensively upon human intelligence, technology, and sophisticated tactics to achieve its objectives. Over its short lifetime of about 15 years, UP STF has an enviable history of boasting of 81 Police Medals of Gallantry awarded by the President of India and 60 officers being granted out-of-turn promotion for acts of conspicuous gallantry.<ref>https://uppolice.gov.in/page.aspx?special-task-force</ref>

==Others==
Another Special Task Force was constituted by [[Karnataka]] and [[Tamil Nadu]] to nab forest [[bandit]]s and [[sandalwood]] [[smuggler]]s.{{cn|date=March 2019}}

States of [[Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]] also has a Special Task Force.<ref>{{cite web | title = Jharkhand Special Task Force (STF) |publisher= Department of Police, State Government of Jharkhand| url = http://www.jhpolice.gov.in/STF | access-date = 2014-03-09}}</ref>

===State of [[West Bengal]] & [[Arunachal Pradesh]]===
[[Kolkata Police]] also has a Special Task Force.{{cn|date=March 2019}}

West Bengal government created new directorate of the Special Task Force under [[West Bengal Police]] <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/west-bengal-govt-creates-new-directorate-of-special-task-force/1701426/|title=West Bengal govt creates new directorate of Special Task Force|date=10 September 2019|work=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]]|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

Likewise [[Arunachal Pradesh Police]] also has a Special Task Force Company formed in the year 2008.

== References ==
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