Uttar Pradesh: The laptops distributed by the Akhilesh government in the state are up for grabs online!

According to a report, several students have been found selling the laptops distributed by the state government under its ‘free laptop scheme’.

One such case has come to the fore in Moradabad wherein a teacher sold a laptop for Rs 14,000 to a Rampur resident through an e-tailing site. The teachers had purchased the laptop from the father of one of his female students who had received it under ‘free laptop scheme’.

The ‘free laptop scheme’ was launched by the Akhilesh Yadav government in 2012 under which laptops were distributed among students in the state passing out from class X and XII.

District inspector of school, Sarwan Kumar Yadav told media that the state government had distributed 24,143 laptops each costing around Rs 19,000 in the Moradabad district.

The Moradabad teacher had used the description, ‘Mulayam Wala Laptop or Sath me net setter, new keyword, new mouse’ to sell the laptop.

“I’ve a Bachelor of Education and BSc Mathematics degree and despite having a government job, I had to sell the laptop due to shortage of money,” the teacher said.