Lt Gen Dhillon hands over command of 15 Corps to Lt General BS Raju

Chinar Corps Commander Lt. General KJS Dhillon (R) handing over

command of the Kashmir based 15 Corps to Lieutenant General B S Raju in Srinagar on Saturday. (ANI)

SRINAGAR :

LIEUTENANT General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon, handed over command of the Kashmir based 15 Corps (Chinar Corps) to Lieutenant General BS Raju on Saturday. The over year-long tenure of General Dhillon, who has vast professional experience in counter-terrorist operations, witnessed a large number of landmark events like abrogation of Article 370 and Pulwama IED incident.

He can be credited for conceptualising, initiating and re-establishing the much needed Army-civil synergy with renewed vigour and pragmatism. An official statement said that his constant focus on operational preparedness and developmental initiative saw the unravelling of JeM network and elimination of the perpetrators of the Pulwama incident in less than 100 hours of the attack along with neutralisation of a number of terrorist leaders.

Swift and robust punitive response of the ceasefire violations and targeting of terror launch pads across the Line of Control (LC), contributed significantly in maintaining peace in the Valley, especially post August 5 last year, the statement read. The General’s outreach to engage the mothers via “Operation MAA” resulted in the ‘return’ of many youths to their families after abandoning terrorism.