KUSHTIA NEWS
Law enforcers seized around 18 thousand copies of high school textbooks, meant for free distribution, from an old paper vendor in the town yesterday.
Police also arrested Abdus Salam, the vendor, on charge of keeping the books of National Curriculum and Textbook Board that had been given to different schools for free distribution among students of classes VI to X, police said.
Local people saw the books when it was being loaded in a truck in front of Sujan Paper Enterprise at Narikeltala area in the town at about 12:30pm, said Kazi Jalal Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kushtia Model Police Station.
Informed by locals, a journalist of a private television went to the spot and asked vendor Abdus Salam about the books. But Salam and local Awami League leader Tipu Sultan resisted the journalist's bid to take snap of the books or gather any information in this regard.
Then the journalist informed Captain Masud of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-12) and Kushtia Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mamtaz Begum of the matter.
Then a team from Rab-12 and police from Kushtia Model Police Station rushed to the spot at about 1:30pm and seized the books.
"During primary interrogation, Salam told police that he received the books from hawkers who managed them from different schools in the district. The books were being sent to Ananta Paper Mills in Dhaka," OC Jalal said.
“Police are interrogating the arrestee to learn about the actual sources of the textbooks. Police will seek remand of Salam from the court tomorrow [Sunday] as thorough interrogation is necessary for further information,” he said.
Kushtia Sadar Upazila Primary Education Officer Mogreb Ali filed a case with Kushtia Model Police Station against Salam in this connection.
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