In a major embarrassment to armed forces, a Lieutenant General of army has been forced to resign following sexual misconduct charges. Defence sources said in New Delhi, Lt Gen A K Nanda, the Engineer-in-Chief, was asked to put in his papers by Army Chief General V K Singh after a complaint that he molested the wife of his technical secretary during a visit to Israel. <br/><br/>Lt Gen Nanda has already put in his papers. He is the senior-most Army officer to face such action over sexual misconduct charges. Lt Gen Nanda and his team had gone to Israel along with their families. <br/><br/>The complaint was filed by the wife of Lt.Gen. Nanda's technical secretary to Army Chief's wife and the President of the Army Wives Welfare Association Bharti Singh, who promptly put it up before Gen Singh. After a discreet inquiry into the episode,Gen. Singh is believed to have asked Lt.Gen.Nanda last week to put in his papers and leave.Lt.Gen.Nanda had only about a year ago taken over as the Engineer-in-Chief and had earlier served as the Director General of the Border Roads Organisation. <br/><br/>In an earlier case of sexual misconduct two years ago,an Army court martial held in Bhatinda in Punjab had ordered the dismissal of Major General A K Lal, against whom a woman officer had filed a complaint of harassment.Major General Lal was commanding 3 Infantry Division in Ladakh when the charges came up. He was later found guilty.