Delhi father-son duo held in Rs 2.4 crore NCERT piracy racket, over 1.7 lakh fake books seized | Delhi News – Times of India

Delhi Police arrested a father and son for allegedly running a counterfeit NCERT textbook racket worth over Rs 2.4 crore.

NEW DELHI: A father-son duo were arrested by Delhi Police for running a major piracy racket involving counterfeit NCERT textbooks worth over Rs 2.4 crore. More than 1.7 lakh pirated books were recovered during raids at multiple locations.According to police, information was received on May 16 about the illegal sale of fake NCERT books at a shop on Mandoli Road, Shahdara. Acting on the tip-off, a police team raided the shop and caught the accused, Prashant Gupta (48) and his son Nishant Gupta (26), red-handed, said DCP (Shahdara) Prashant Priya Gautam.The police team, accompanied by NCERT officials, found the shop was selling pirated Class 12 Social Science textbooks bearing forged signatures and price tags. The duo confessed they sourced the books from a godown in Hiranki near Alipur, DCP (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam said.

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A follow-up raid at the Hiranki warehouse led to the recovery of over 1.6 lakh pirated books, confirmed to be counterfeit by NCERT officials. A case was registered under Section 318 (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 63/65 of the Copyright Act.Police said Gupta ran the business for 25 years and his son joined him five years ago. Further investigation is underway.


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