Following the killing of 24 people in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, earlier this week, security forces could change their strategy to tackle the recent spurt in terrorist violence in the state.
"The overall strategy to combat terrorism will be reviewed," Border Security Force Director General Ajai Raj Sharma said on Thursday.
"There certainly will be a rethinking in view of the massacre and there can be revision of some earlier decisions," Sharma said.
Various terrorist groups now seem to be jointly attacking the security forces, he said.
He referred to the attack on a police picket in Udhampur by a big group of terrorists last week and said, "Some schemes have been drawn on how to tackle such a strike."
On the proposed phasing out of the BSF from counter-terrorism operations, Sharma said the Pulwama massacre might affect the plan, but a decision had to be taken by the government.
The government had initiated moves to disengage the BSF from counter-terrorism operations on the basis of recommendations of the Group of Ministers, which reviewed the internal security scenario in the country after the 1999 Kargil conflict.
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