The Supreme Court has declared as illegal and unconstitutional the deployment of tribal youths as Special Police Officers — either as 'Koya Commandos', Salwa Judum or any other force — in the fight against the Maoist insurgency and ordered their immediate disarming. Click >here to read the Supreme Court verdict.
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