District Voluntary Force

District Voluntary Force (DVF) is a special constabulary unit of the Odisha Police.

[1] In January 2011, the state government announced that they would increase the number of DVF personnel.

[2] In early March 2014, a DVF team killed two Maoist in Koraput district.

[3] In mid-May 2014, Purna Huluka (alias Khatru) was shot dead by a DVF team in Koraput district.

[4] In mid-September 2014, a DVF team killed a wanted Maoist leader, Erra Madkami (alias Sundhi Dalei), in Malkangiri district.