Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Nov 30: Inspector General of BSF, Kashmir Frontier, Ashok Yadav, today said that security forces are working out on a new strategy to counter challenges posted by the militants in Kashmir.
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Yadav said this while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of BSF’s Raising Day celebrations at STC Humhama on the outskirts of Srinagar today.
“The security and intelligence agencies are brainstorming to find ways to counter these new challenges,” he added.
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The IG BSF said that militants have cut down on communications amongst themselves which is posing a huge challenge to the security forces in tracking them down.
“Foreign terrorists are becoming a significant concern. They have strengthened their security protocols and communicate minimally, which presents challenges. However, with collaboration among security and intelligence agencies, we are continuously adapting our strategies to counter these threats,” he stated.
Asked whether the minimum communication amongst militants was posing as a challenge to track them, Yadav said, “It is a huge challenge,” but, he added, “the security agencies will also implement new strategies to counter that”.
“… all the agencies analyse whatever inputs they get to identify their hideouts and their supporters so as to neutralise them,” he said.
The IG BSF said there are continuous attempts of infiltration along the Line of Control (LoC) before the onset of the winter, but the security forces make their operational plans ahead to dominate the “vulnerable gaps”.
“This year too, secruity forces are dominating and their endeavour is to thwart any such attempts before the heavy snowfall,” he said.
Asked if there was information about the presence of militants at the launchpads across the LoC, the IG BSF said according to the intelligence inputs, there are people at the launchpads waiting to try to infiltrate “to vitiate the peaceful atmosphere here”.
“But the way we are alert on the LoC and conduct area domination, we are very confident that we will thwart such attempts,” he asserted.
To a question whether the political situation in Pakistan would have any impact here, Yadav said whenever there are any changes like this in Pakistan, there “definitely is an impact here”.
“But, I will not be able to comment broadly on it. It is the job of the intelligence agencies,” he added.
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