The Greyhounds’ last leap

Created in 1989 to take on Maoists in the forests of undivided Andhra Pradesh, the Greyhounds became a specialised counter-insurgency force. Over three decades later, as the insurgency recedes, Abhinay Deshpande revisits the force’s battles and its losses, the legacy of a war that shaped it, and how the Greyhounds are preparing for a future beyond the Maoist conflict