The news, when it surfaced, felt less like a police report and more like a betrayal ripped straight from the soul of the nation. In Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, 15,000 government-supplied textbooks — books meant to be the free, priceless keys to a future for poor children — were sold by the very teachers entrusted with their distribution. The price? Four rupees per kilo. Let that sink in. The future of a thousand children, sold for less than the price of a cup of tea.
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FRAUDS, SCAMS & CONTROVERSIES
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FRAUDS, SCAMS & CONTROVERSIES