New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), in coordination with the Crime Branch of Delhi Police, assisted in a major crackdown on the illegal printing of pirated NCERT textbooks.

Acting on specific inputs, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police conducted a raid at a printing facility in Village Jawli, Loni, Ghaziabad (U.P.).

During the operation, around 32,000 pirated NCERT textbooks of various classes and subjects were seized. The police also recovered two printing machines, aluminium printing plates, paper rolls, and printing ink, indicating large-scale unauthorised printing.

The action was initiated on the basis of inputs developed during an earlier case registered vide FIR No. 336/2025 dated...