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Lt Gen BS Raju hands over the command of Kashmir-based 15 Corps to Lt Gen DP Pandey in Srinagar on Wednesday. PTI

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 17

Lieutenant General DP Pandey has been appointed the General Officer Commanding of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps. Prior to this, he was serving as the first ever Director General Territorial Army at the Army Headquarters.

He took over from Lt Gen BS Raju who has moved to Army Headquarters as Director General Military Operations in place of Lt Gen Paramjit Singh, who has taken charge as Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (strategy).

An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Lt Gen Pandey was commissioned into the Sikh Light Infantry in December 1985 and has held various command and staff appointments, including General Officer Commanding of the Kilo Force that is responsible for counter-terrorist operations in Kashmir Valley. He also served as a military observer in Cambodia.

In his farewell message to the 15 Corps, also known as Chinar Corps, Lt Gen Raju complimented all ranks for their dedication and hard work and thanked police, central armed paramilitary forces, civil administration and the people for their support to achieve peace.

Lt Gen Raju has strongly propagated for a second chance to the misguided youth as he believed it to be critical to achieving peace.