During Operation Sindoor, seven Border Security Force women bravely defended their posts. Assistant Commandant Neha Bhandari led the team in the Akhnoor sector. They retaliated fiercely against Pakistani fire for 72 hours. Despite the intensity, they refused to retreat.

In what is being hailed as a historic first, a team of seven women personnel from the Border Security Force (BSF) held their ground under relentless enemy fire for three consecutive days and nights during Operation Sindoor in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor sector.
Their commanding officer, Assistant Commandant Neha Bhandari, not only led the defence of two forward posts but also coordinated artillery and troop movements, marking what could be the first instance of a woman commanding active combat operations in India.