Centre sanctions additional 10,000 SPOs in J&K
The Home Ministry has approved the recruitment of an additional 10,000 Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Jammu and Kashmir. This comes after reports suggested that thousands of Kashmiri youths have opted to try for an SPO’s job, defying Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s call to boycott the recruitment rallies organised for it. There are currently 25,000 SPOs in J&K.