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3 held as cops bust fake NCERT book racket

Hindustan Times Delhi

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January 19, 2026

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted a gang, arresting three people, involved in printing and supplying counterfeit NCERT textbooks, said police on Sunday.

- Jignasa Sinha

The accused, identified as Sumit (35), Vinod Jain (65) and Kanishq (32), are believed to have been involved in major counterfeit book trade, police said, adding that 44, 864 books were seized.

The racket operated through a chain of godowns and illegal printing units that supplied pirated textbooks to markets across multiple states, police added. On November 10 last year, police received information about a godown in Daryaganj, a major wholesale book hub, where counterfeit NCERT books were being stored and sold.

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