India, Jan. 17 -- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), in coordination with the Delhi Police Crime Branch, has seized around 32,000 pirated textbooks during a major anti-piracy operation in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

The raid was conducted at a printing facility in Village Jawli in the Loni area of Ghaziabad, where large-scale unauthorised printing of NCERT textbooks was allegedly being carried out. Officials recovered counterfeit books spanning multiple classes and subjects.

The Delhi Police Crime Branch said NCERT's Publication Division provided technical support during the operation to identify and authenticate the pirated material.

NCERT officials said the unauthorised printing, distribution or sale of ...