Jammu, June 1 -- A third-generation officer from her family in Uttarakhand, BSF Assistant Commandant Neha Bhandari, has earned a rare distinction of becoming the first woman officer to command an all-woman team during Operation Sindoor and forced the Pakistani rangers to retreat to save their lives.
Commanding a border outpost within eyeball-to-eyeball contact of a Pakistani post along the International Border, the assistant commandant led her troops to silence three forward hostile posts across the zero line (the area closest to enemy territory) by giving a befitting reply. At the same time, a seven-member team led by Bhandari refused to withdraw and successfully defended their posts for three long days and nights along the International ...