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Tamil Nadu STF will not be disbanded

By A Correspondent in Chennai
October 20, 2004 11:34 IST
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The Tamil Nadu government has decided not to disband the Special Task Force constituted to hunt for forest brigand Veerappan, now that the dreaded tusker smuggler is dead.

Also see: School to throw Veerappan daughter out | The Veerappan Saga

Veerappan was killed in an encounter with the STF near Dharmapuri on Monday night.

Senior Tamil Nadu government officials indicated that the STF may be retrained and re-equipped to deal with Tamil nationalist guerrillas.

Also read: The man who got Veerappan | India's biggest, costliest hunt

 

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A Correspondent in Chennai