Former Lieutenant General of the Nepal Army Baldev Raj Mahat has been found dead on Saturday morning.

Mahat, 62, was found dead in an apparent suicide by hanging at his residence at Siradi Colony in Budhanilkantha-9.

Brigadier General Narayan Silwal, spokesperson for Nepal Army, said the cause of death is yet to be known.

Mahat had retired from the national army some five years ago.

The family members received the dead body after post-mortem at the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital.

Mahat, who was also a satirist, has published books including ‘Chipla Kura’, ‘Ekai Dyangka Mula,’ and ‘Dubai Hathma Laddu’ in his name.