On maiden visit to Valley, Army Chief reviews security at LoC in Kupwara

Srinagar, July 25

Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Thursday visited the Line of Control (LoC) in North Kashmir and reviewed the security situation along the LoC.

Dwivedi’s first visit to Kashmir after taking charge as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) comes at a time when Kupwara district in North Kashmir witnessed several anti-militancy operations recently. The Army has also foiled infiltration bids at the LoC.

In a post on X, the Army’s Additional Directorate General of Public Information (ADGPI) said, the Army Chief exhorted soldiers to “remain steadfast in meeting emerging security challenges”.

“General Upendra Dwivedi (COAS) visited the forward locations of the Chinar Corps and reviewed the security situation along the Line of Control. He also interacted with the Commanders and troops on ground,” the ADGPI said.

Before his maiden visit to Kashmir as CAOS, General Dwivedi had visited Jammu twice and reviewed the security amid the rise of militancy in Jammu region.

The Army Chief also laid a wreath and paid homage to Naik (Gunner) Dilwar Khan, who was killed in an anti-militancy operation in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district.

Several senior administrative and civil officers also attended the wreath-laying ceremony, which was held at the Srinagar-based Chinar Corps headquarter on Wednesday evening.

Dilwar Khan, a resident of Himachal Pradesh, was critically injured during an anti-militancy operation in the Trumkhan forests of Kupwara. An unidentified militant was also killed during the encounter.

“The COAS and all ranks of the Indian Army salute his immense valour and sacrifice and stand firm with the bereaved family in this hour of grief,” the ADGPI wrote on X.