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Over 43,000 textbooks stolen from school warehouse in Taunsa

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TAUNSA: More than 43,000 textbooks were stolen from a warehouse in a government school in Punjab’s Taunsa district.

A case has been registered at the City Police Station on the complaint of the Assistant Education Officer and warehouse in charge Abdul Lateef.

According to the complaint, 43,665 books were stolen from the warehouse at Boys High School in Taunsa. The complainant alleged that he found on March 10 that the books were missing from the warehouse.

The case has been registered against 7 people, including the school watchman, the warehouse manager, and three unknown persons. The investigation has been launched for the recovery of government textbooks.

Police said that an investigation is underway to find whether the books were stolen at a lower level or a higher level. A named suspect has been taken into custody in the case, police added.

The books of the current year’s curriculum were to be distributed in government schools across the Taunsa district this month.

Digital Desk

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