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Ex-SCERT director Manoj Padhy arrested, sent to jail in Odisha school textbook error case
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Former Odisha SCERT director Manoj Kumar Padhy arrested in school textbook error case.
Padhy sent to 14-day judicial custody after being produced before JMFC-III, Cuttack.
Errors in textbooks for Classes 1 to 8 caused losses of around ₹175 crore to the exchequer.
Padhy was suspended earlier based on findings of a high-level inquiry committee chaired by Development Commissioner D K Singh.
CID-Crime Branch registered a case after SCERT Director Madhusmita Sahoo lodged a complaint.
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