Bahraich (UP), February 19 A large shipment of textbooks intended for free distribution to students in government schools was sold by a scrap dealer, leading to the suspension and dismissal proceedings against four personnel from the education department, officials said on Thursday.
District Magistrate Akshay Tripathi said he received information on February 17 that a local scrap dealer had sold the textbooks and was transporting them in a truck.
A police team intercepted the vehicle in the neighboring Lakhimpur district after it had left Bahraich and brought it back.
"More than 10 tonnes of textbooks meant for the 2026-27 academic session were recovered. Documents found in the truck indicate that the scrap dealer had sold the books to a firm in Kashipur, Uttarakhand," Tripathi told