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By Our Reporter

General Ashokraj Sigdel has been appointed as the Acting Chief of Army Staff.

President Ramchandra Paudel on July 31 appointed General Sigdel as the Acting Chief of Staff of the Nepal Army.

Sigdel was appointed as the Acting CoAS as the incumbent Chief of Army Staff General Prabhuram Sharma will retire after his three-year term comes to an end on September 9. There is a provision that the Chief of Army Staff goes on leave for one month before retirement.

Sharma went on a mandatory one month’s leave starting Saturday. Accordingly, CoAS Sharma handed over the leadership to General Sigdel at a function held at the Nepal Army Headquarters on Friday last week.