State Auxiliary Police

The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down the submissions of the centre and Chhattisgarh government to adjourn a case, which challenged the deployment of erstwhile special police officers (SPOs) as "auxiliary armed force" allegedly for anti-Maoist operations in the state, till conclusion of the Assembly polls there.

A State Auxiliary Police (SAP) jawan killed his colleague following an altercation over an unknown issue in Bihar's Gopalganj district on Thursday, police said on Friday.

Four police officials, recruited by the state police as auxiliary personnel, were on Monday evening kidnapped by suspected Maoists in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.

The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down the submissions of the centre and Chhattisgarh government to adjourn a case, which challenged the deployment of erstwhile special police officers (SPOs) as "auxiliary armed force" allegedly for anti-Maoist operations in the state, till conclusion of the Assembly polls there.

A State Auxiliary Police (SAP) jawan killed his colleague following an altercation over an unknown issue in Bihar's Gopalganj district on Thursday, police said on Friday.

Four police officials, recruited by the state police as auxiliary personnel, were on Monday evening kidnapped by suspected Maoists in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.