NEW DELHI: Lt Gen Abhay Krishna has been appointed as head of the Army’s crucial Eastern Command which guards a major part of Sino-India border including the Sikkim sector where armies of India and China have been locked in a face-off.
Lt. Gen. Krishna, who was heading the Army’s South Western Command and has vast experience of the Sikkim sector, succeeds Lt. Gen. Praveen Bakshi, who retired today.
“Lt Gen Abhay Krishna brings with him a great measure of professional competence and vast operational experience,” the Army said in a statement.
He has served four tenures along the Line of Actual Control on the northern borders and commanded an infantry battalion in Sikkim. He had also commanded an infantry division and a Corps in the Northeast.
Krishna will assume charge of the Eastern command tomorrow. (AGENCIES)
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