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Racket supplying pirated NCERT books busted in Delhi; two held

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Police have busted a racket involved in the supply of pirated NCERT books and arrested two men, following a raid at a godown in central Delhi’s Daryaganj, officials said on Thursday.

The team, along with authorised legal representatives of NCERT, seized a total of 12,755 duplicate or pirated NCERT books during the operation, they said.

The accused have been identified as Kanishq (32), a resident of Yamuna Vihar, and Vinod Jain (65), a resident of Preet Vihar, they added.

Acting on specific information received on November 10, police conducted a raid at a godown in Daryaganj, where pirated NCERT books were being stored and supplied, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said in an official statement.

The accused were apprehended, and a case under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Copyright Act, 1957, has been registered.

During the probe, it was found that Kanishq is a graduate from Delhi University and has no previous criminal record, while Vinod Jain, who studied up to Class 12, was previously involved in a similar case registered last year with the Crime Branch, police said.

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Investigators are working to trace the source and network involved in the illegal printing and distribution of the seized pirated books, they added.

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