Udupi:850 School text books stolen from BEO office

Udupi:June.13:Hundreds of school text books were stolen from the office of Udupi zone Education officer S.Vasanth Shetty. According to a complaint lodged by S.Vasanth Shetty,850 hundred text books from the book store, located near Udupi city bus stand on Wednesday night.

Free text books were kept on the one part of the store while the books for sale were kept on the other part. During the day time,the education dept.organizers are distributing the books. On Wednesday night,unknown thieves have entered the store by removing the tiles from the upper shed and took hundreds of text books.

2nd std.Mathametics(English medium)-150 books,5th std.English subject(English medium)-100 books,8th std.Science(English medium)-150 books,9th std.Kannada(First language)-100 books,English(Second language)-100 books,Mathametics(Kannada medium)-100 books,Science(Kannada)-50 text books were stolen.

The total value of 850 books stolen from the store is Rs.24,000/- according BEO Vasanth Shetty. The police are investigating the case.