MINGORA: The Swat administration on Thursday recovered free textbooks from a warehouse in Amankot area of Swat and arrested an employee of education department allegedly involved in sale of these textbooks.

Additional assistant commissioner, Swat, Hameed Khan told media persons that they conducted a raid on a warehouse at Amankot, Mingora, and recovered a large number of textbooks meant for free distribution among students of government schools in the district.

He said that earlier three booksellers, selling textbooks at their bookstores, were arrested from different markets in Mingora city. He said that during interrogation they revealed that the books were supplied to them from a store in Amankot. The official said that he along with assistant director anti-corruption raided the warehouse at the residence of an education employee, identified as Khan Zeb, and recovered 107 sacks of the textbooks. He said that Mr Zeb was personal secretary to the district education officer (male).

However, Mr Zeb said that he had given the warehouse to the education department on rent three years ago and recently asked the department to shift the books. “Majority books were shifted till Wednesday night,” he said and added the textbooks were old and not part of the syllabus now.

Published in Dawn, May 30th, 2014