"We are just re-arranging our border strategies. We have not withdrawn from the area ... it was just a re-alignment," BSF Special DG (East) RK Medhekar said, a day after the observation post at Noljuri was withdrawn amidst reports of BDR build-up across the border.
"We are observing the situation and we are very much on the ground. These are local issues and they crop up everywhere," the official said.
The two border forces exchanged firing for over three hours last Sunday. It was the heaviest firing out of the four that have taken place since February 4.
Medhekar maintained that there was no "question of being soft or strict" and that the approach of the BSF was "different at different times".