KATHMANDU: Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Purna Chandra Thapa on Friday said that those within the institution defying the army’s code of conduct and chain of command would be booked.

“It is unfortunate that the Army is forced to celebrate the ‘Army Code of Conduct Week’. Corruption and other ill practices that cannot be controlled now will never be checked,” he said while inaugurating the Army’s code of conduct week.

Recalling contribution of ancestors to this institution, he said some forces were still working to tarnish its image. The slogan for the campaign is ‘Inspiration of Army Integrity’.

Saying the army’s policy of zero tolerance against financial irregularity within the institution would start from the headquarters, he urged the rank and file to remain aware of such trend and make the institution transparent.