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Neha Bhandari Honoured by Army Chief for Leading BSF Women in Operation Sindoor

She earned the Commendation Disc for commanding a seven-woman squad that repelled days of Pakistan shelling at Akhnoor’s forward posts.

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BSF officer Neha Bhandari is a third-generation officer from Uttarakhand.
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Overview

  • On May 30, Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi presented Assistant Commandant Neha Bhandari with the Commendation Disc for her courage and operational leadership.
  • Bhandari’s unit of seven BSF women held two forward posts under sustained Pakistani fire for three days and nights after declining offers to withdraw.
  • The team’s heavy retaliatory fire silenced three hostile enemy positions and forced Pakistani forces to abandon nearby forward locations.
  • Operation Sindoor also included precision strikes on nine terror camps and BSF counter-attacks on 76 Pakistani outposts, 42 forward defence sites and three terrorist launch pads.
  • A third-generation officer from Uttarakhand, Bhandari became the first woman in India’s armed forces to command frontline combat troops.