Inquiry into textbooks sale

Betul, MP, Jan 17 (UNI) Madhya Pradesh Revenue Minister Kamal Patel has ordered an inquiry into the sale of school textbooks worth crores of rupees to a scrap dealer.

''Strict action will be taken against the guilty,'' Mr Patel, who is also in charge of this district, told UNI over telephone this evening.

As many as five tonnes of Rajya Shiksha Kendra textbooks for classes one to eight and related material were sold off at a school in Khedli village, five km from this district headquarters, official sources said.

Police seized the textbooks yesterday while District Collector Chandrahas Dubey suspended teachers Ramesh Pawar, Shivpal Ingre and Abhay Gorekar after the January 14 crime came to light.

UNI