Patna. Such work was going on secretly at a secret location in Bihar’s capital Patna, the picture of which even Patna Police was surprised. In fact, a big case of fraud in printing fake books has come to light in the capital Patna. Patna Police has exposed this big case by raiding printing presses. According to the information received, raids have been conducted in 3 printing presses in Zakariapur of Ramakrishna Nagar police station area and two in Bypass police station area.
Fake books of different brands have been recovered from inside the printing press. Among these, maximum books of CBSE and NCERT have been recovered. In fact, a new session starts in the schools in the month of April itself and new books are given to the children in the schools. In such a situation, all these books would have been released in the market after two days. The value of these books from class 6 to 8 is said to be around Rs 15 to 20 crores.
Fake books worth crores recovered
At present the police has tightened its grip on all the printing presses. According to the police, more fake books than this have never been recovered together in Patna. Police has arrested its main leader Rakesh Kumar. It is said that officials of renowned publications informed Patna City SP East Bharat Soni about the printing of fake books. After this, the SP of Patna City directed both the concerned police station in-charges to conduct raids. After this, the police raided and recovered fake books worth crores.
NCERT and CBSE books confiscated
Patna City SP directed both the concerned police station in-charges to conduct raids, after which the police conducted the raid and recovered fake books worth crores. According to police officials, raids have been conducted in five printing presses. About a dozen administration books including CBSE NCRT Bharti Bhavan S Chand Rajkamal have been seized from them. In this printing press, a warehouse was also built along with the printing machine, winding machine and levelcutter. In three of these five, only NCERT and CBSE books have been seized.
Kingpin Rakesh was arrested earlier also
Let us tell you, the premises of arrested gangster Rakesh Kumar were raided in 2020 also. At that time, fake books worth about Rs 9 crore were seized from his premises. After his arrest at that time, the accused also went to jail. But, then after 6 months, accused Rakesh got bail and came out. The case against him is still going on in the court. After coming out of jail, Rakesh again took up the same business. Actually, CBSE and NCERT books are mostly read and taught in Patna. But, the disappearance of these books from the market raises many questions.
Books from renowned publications are also in great demand in Patna. But books from class 6 to 8 are not available in the shops and the guardians are wandering from place to place. At this time, if fake books come into the market, there is a possibility that all the books will be sold immediately.
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Tags: Bihar News, NCERT, PATNA NEWS
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 6, 2024, 13:38 IST