Army gets first woman Subedar in champion shooter

New Delhi: Havildar Preeti Rajak, a champion trap shooter, has been promoted to the rank of Subedar, making her the first woman in the Indian Army to hold that rank, the army said in statement on Saturday.

Havildar Preeti Rajak, a champion trap shooter, is the first woman promoted to the rank of Subedar (HT Photo/Sourced)

“Her achievement is an extraordinary display of Nari Shakti,” it said.

Rajak joined the Corps of Military Police in December 2022 on the basis of her proven performance in trap shooting. She was the first meritorious sportswoman in the shooting discipline to be enrolled in the army as a havildar.