The southern Indian state of Karnataka has become the first Indian state to set up a special commando unit for protecting tigers in its dense forests from poachers and hunters, according to the Indo-Asian News Service Wednesday.

Tiger, Mysore Zoo, Mysore, Karnataka. [File photo]

The 54-strong trained commando unit will be deployed from Wednesday in the two major tiger reserves located in Bandipur and Nagarhole national parks on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border, the report quoted the state's Principal Chief Conservator of Forest ( Wildlife) B.K. Singh as saying in Bangalore on Tuesday.

The Special Tiger Protection Force comprising 14 deputy forest range officers and 40 young guards have completed a three-month course for learning to survive in the jungle terrain and use various types of weapons at the state police training school.

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