Jammu, May 1 -- Lieutenant General MV Suchindra Kumar on Wednesday relinquished command of Udhampur-based Northern Command on his retirement after achieving the superannuation age, officials said. He served at the post for 15 months, they added.

Lt Gen Pratik Sharma will be the new general officer commanding-in-chief of the Northern Command and will assume office on Thursday amid the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan following the April 22 terror attack in south Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 persons, 25 tourists and a local.

Jammu-based defence spokesperson Lt Colonel Suneel Bartwal said Lt Gen Suchindra Kumar on Wednesday laid a wreath at Dhruva War Memorial in Udhampur.

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