New Delhi: Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, the top Indian Army commander based in Leh who has led the Indian response in the LAC dispute with China in eastern Ladakh, will move out and take charge of the force’s military academy.
The current 14 Corps Commander based in Leh, Lieutenant General Singh, who was engaged in the military negotiations with China over the border dispute, will take charge of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun as Commandant from October 1.
He is being replaced by Lieutenant General P.G.K. Menon, who is currently posted as Additional Director General of the Complaints Advisory Board (CAB) at Army Headquarters. He is in charge of the service redressal system and reports directly to Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane.
Lt Gen Menon was also part of the recent Corps Commander-level meet between the Indian and Chinese armies. But Lt Gen Singh had been…