ISLAMABAD, June 21: Lt-Gen Arvind Sharma vacated the command of the Siachen Corps for Lt-Gen M.L. Naidu with immediate effect, even as the court of inquiry probing the fake kills cases in Siachen continued with its proceedings in Jodhpur.

Gen Sharma became the first casualty of a scandal that has exposed the culture of fake encounters by Indian Army in occupied Kashmir and Siachen. -APP