New Delhi: Havildar Preeti Rajak, a champion entice shooter, has been promoted to the rank of Subedar, making her the primary girl within the Indian Army to carry that rank, the military stated in assertion on Saturday.

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

Rajak joined the Corps of Military Police in December 2022 on the premise of her confirmed efficiency in entice taking pictures. She was the primary meritorious sportswoman within the taking pictures self-discipline to be enrolled within the military as a havildar.

At the nineteenth Asian Games 2022 held at Hangzhou in China, Rajak received the silver medal within the entice ladies group occasion.

“Based on her extraordinary performance, she was awarded the first out-of-turn promotion to Subedar, and Lieutenant General Gajendra Joshi, commandant, Infantry School, chaired the pipping ceremony and hailed the shooter for her excellent performance,” the assertion stated.

She presently ranked sixth in India (entice ladies occasion) and is coaching on the elite Army Marksmanship Unit in Mhow for the Paris Olympics.