Karnal, May 23 -- A day after the joint team of the chief minister's flying squad and the Kaithal police raided a book depot in Kaithal, the owner of the store was arrested for allegedly selling fake National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) books, police said on Friday.

The team raided Naveen Book Depot at Pehowa Chowk on Thursday and recovered a large quantity of counterfeit NCERT books. Subsequently, the accused shop owner, Naveen Kumar, resident of HUDA Sector 19, was arrested.

CM flying squad, Kurukshetra/Kaithal, received information that counterfeit NCERT books were being illegally stored and sold at the location. Based on this information, SI Rajbir Singh, in-charge of the squad, carried out the raid with the...