Book procurement scam for TN govt libraries: 5 officials suspended

Chennai, Nov 15 (UNI) Days after a popular writer exposed the scam in procurement of books for Tamil Nadu government libraries from fake publications and the Madras High Court taking a serious view and ordering the DVAC to file an FIR, five senior officials of the Public Libraries department were placed under suspension on Sunday. The suspended officials were S Kamatchi, Chief Librarian and Information Officer (in-charge) and Deputy Chief Librarian, Anna Centenary Library (ACL), Chennai; Dinesh Kumar, Chief Librarian and Information Officer (in-charge), Kalaignar Centenary Library, Madurai; V Santhanakrishnan, Librarian and Information Officer, Kalaignar Centenary Library and in-charge of…