Tribune News Service

Srinagar, September 21

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Chinar Corps Lt-Gen KJS Dhillon took over the mantle of Colonel of the Regiment (COR) of Rajputana Rifles from Lt-Gen Abhay Krishna, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Command, who is retiring on September 30.

In a befitting ceremony at the Rajputana Rifles Regimental Centre, New Delhi, both the incoming and the outgoing Colonels of the Regiment paid homage to the martyrs of the regiment at Veer Sthal, Rajputana Rifles Regimental Centre, followed by the “change of baton” in a special sainik sammelan in the presence of veterans, including former Colonels of the Regiment and all ranks posted in the Regimental Centre, an Army statement said. The outgoing Colonel of the Regiment, Lt Gen Abhay Krishna, has had the unique distinction of commanding three of the six operational commands of the Army, ie South Western, Eastern and Central Commands, in a career spanning over a period of four decades.

Lt-Gen Dhillon was into Rajputana Rifles commissioned in December 1983. General Dhillon who has taken over as the 16th Colonel of the Regiment of Rajputana Rifles, is presently the GOC of Chinar Corps in the Kashmir valley, where he is serving his seventh tenure.

“General Dhillon has played a key role in ensuring total synergy among security forces since taking over the command of Chinar Corps in February this year. His long experience in counter-terrorist operations in Kashmir and leadership were instrumental in the elimination of a large number of terrorists, especially the leadership of various Tanzeems post Pulwama attack, which has paved the way for ushering in peace in the Valley,” the statement read.