A seven-day training camp for 38 officials recruited for the post of Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF) and Force-one police team from Maharashtra kickstarted at Special Task Force (STF) headquarters in Sathyamangalam.

STF chief C Sylendra Babu would impart necessary training to the officials in jungle warfare and tackling poachers and terrorists in forest areas.

They will also be trained in shooting, rock climbing, stretching, night patrolling, winch, handling Global Positioning System (GPS), search operations in forest and rescue operation during floods, rock climbing and river crossing. The camp will end on 10 January.

Sylendra Babu presided over the inaugural function. Director, Central Academy for State Forest Services, Coimbatore, Jose P Mathew, SP S V Karrupasamy, District Forest Officer S Ramasubramanian, Additional SP R Thirunavukkarasu and DSP N Rajarajan also participated in the inaugural function.