NCERT team seizes pirated textbooks in Agartala

Agartala: Officials of the National Council of Educational Research and Training  (NCERT), along with Tripura Police, seized pirated NCERT books that were being sold to students in bookshops in Agartala, officials said on Friday. 

A team of NCERT officials led by its Chief Business Manager Amitabha Kumar conducted raids in several bookshops in Agartala for the past two days and seized many counterfeit textbooks.

Kumar said that a joint team of NCERT officials from Delhi and the Guwahati regional office conducted raids in several bookshops in Agartala and found pirated textbooks being sold to the students illegally.

He said that the raids were conducted following complaints from the guardians to the NCERT regarding counterfeit books being sold in Agartala. "We have surveyed the market and with police assistance, raided the shops identified in the complaints," Kumar told the media. (IANS)

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