Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, June 26: Lieutenant General Subrata Saha took over as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Srinagar based 15 Corps also known as Chinar Corps at Badami Bagh cantonment here today.
A defence spokesman said here that Lt Gen Saha took over from Lt Gen Gurmit Singh, who will now go to Army Headquarters in Delhi for his next assignment.
“Lt Gen Singh handed over the reins of Chinar Corps to Lt Gen Saha who has earlier commanded a brigade in the Valley and is a very experienced General Officer,” the spokesman said.
Lt Gen Saha was earlier the Chief of Staff at newly created Strike Corps based in Panagarh near Kolkata and has also served as a Brigade Commander in Furkian near the Line of Control (LoC) in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
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