The appointment of General Anil Chauhan as the second Chief of Defence Staff of the Indian Defence Forces comes around 10 months after the death of his predecessor, General Bipin Rawat, who died in a Mi-17 crash over the Nilgiri hills in Tamil Nadu while moving towards the Defence Services Staff College there.
Sources in the security establishment said that the government had seen the mettle of the officer during his various stints in the army and post-retirement too.
Speaking about the role played by General Chauhan in service, sources said that he was the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army at the time of the Balakot air strikes on 26 February 2019.
After the strikes, General Chauhan, as the DGMO at that time, carried out the deployment of troops to deter the Pakistan Army from attempting any misadventure on the ground.
The Indian Air Force had successfully fired missiles on terrorist infrastructure created inside Pakistan. However, the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) facility was the main target of the aerial strikes, mainly involving the Mirage-2000 fighter aircraft, where terrorists had gathered for training.
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