Special unit for Pakistan border on the cards
Indian security agencies planning to set up their own specialised commandos units
New Delhi: In an attempt to deal with the increasing menace of Pakistan’s Border Action Teams along the International Border and the Line of Control, Indian security agencies are now planning to set up their own specialised commandos units along the Indo-Pak border.
According to highly placed intelligence sources, there is a growing view within the new BJP-led NDA government that Pakistani forces and terror outfits operating out of their soil need to be given a terse message irrespective of the recent diplomatic overtures between the two countries.
The office of the national security adviser, which is in the process of being made more internal security oriented with a greater mandate to deal firmly with the vexed issue of terrorism, is likely to play a significant role in the new security deployment pattern along one of India’s most critical borders.
In the past, Pakistan’s BAT, a mix of Pakistan Army regulars and terrorists, have entered into Indian territory severing the heads of soldiers.The new government is now planning to deal with the issue by having their own specialised commando units in the border area.