SRINAGAR: The increase in the fatalities among Army men while fighting militants in Kashmir Valley has set alarming bells ringing in the hierarchy and the government is equally worried over the loss.
Army commanders in J&K and their seniors in Sena Bhavan in Delhi are reported to have asked for revisiting the strategy followed in counterinsurgency operations.
Insurgency, militancy and terrorism experts and local watchers are, however, of the view that the security forces should no more take militants as “amateurish or green lot”. However, some Army officials are of the view that it is the standing instructions that maximum restraint should be exercised to avoid collateral damage during encounters which is stopping the security forces from going in for “all-out offensive”.
The other trend seen as worrisome is that people routinely turn up in huge numbers at pro-Pakistan shows including funerals.
Sources said that the top Army, police, CRPF and other security forces on counterinsurgency assignment in Jammu and Kashmir are meeting here soon to discuss the issue.
