Two Arrested With Two Trucks of Government Textbooks Being Sold Illegally

Staff Reporter

Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Police (DB) have arrested two members of a syndicate involved in hoarding and selling government textbooks meant for free distribution to primary and secondary school students. During the operation, two truckloads of textbooks were seized.

The raid was conducted on Wednesday, January 22, in the capital’s Banglabazar area, according to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Media and Public Relations Division’s Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Talebur Rahman.

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Joint Commissioner Mohammad Nasirul Islam of DB South said the operation was initiated based on a tip-off about a syndicate storing textbooks in warehouses at Ispahani Goli in Banglabazar. These books, intended for free distribution to students from classes one through ten, were being prepared for illegal sale.

During the operation, DB Lalbagh’s Kotwali Zonal Team recovered nearly 10,000 textbooks valued at approximately 800,000 BDT. The books included materials for grades one through nine published by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB). Two suspects, identified as Sirajul and Delwar, were arrested on-site.

Preliminary interrogation revealed that the suspects, along with others in the syndicate, were attempting to undermine the government’s initiative to distribute free textbooks and profit illegally by stockpiling and selling them.

The authorities are processing legal actions against the arrested individuals. Further operations are underway to identify and apprehend other members of the syndicate.