Over 30,000 pirated NCERT books worth ₹50 lakh were seized after the Delhi Police arrested a 28-year-old man allegedly running a printing press in east Delhi’s Gazipur village, officials said on Monday.
Accused Abhishek Chaudhary alias Goldy, a resident of Shakarpur, was arrested on March 12 after the police got a tip off and raided the spot along with an NCERT team, Rajiv Ranjan, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) said.
There has been a sudden rise in demand for the NCERT books after the HRD Ministry made it mandatory for CBSE-affiliated schools, he said. Pirated NCERT books of Mathematics, Hindi, English, Economic, Chemistry, Hindi and History of Class VI to XII were being published at this unit, he said. The accused used to procure NCERT watermark paper from Chawri Bazar and prepared a complete set of books and distributed them to different States in North and South India.
A case under appropriate section of law under Copyright Act has been filed.
