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Shillong (India), Feb 18 - A Delhi-based publisher has landed in a controversy after some textbooks published by it carried a picture of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette in one hand and a beer can on the other.
Authorities of St Joseph Girls Higher Secondary School here, where the cursive writing book was supplied among the students of Class I to IV, filed the FIR against Skyline Publication.
Police today seized 30 such books and the school authorities asked the students to return the remaining.
The headmistress of the school Sister M Thaddeus Syiemiong told that it came to our notice only a few days back. We have asked the students to return the textbooks.
In the cursive writing book, meant for Class I, for the alphabet 'I' the word 'Idol' is used. Against this word is printed the picture of Jesus Christ with the scandalous representation.
The objectionable picture is also printed in other cursive writing books of Class II, III and IV.
Church leaders and officials of the education department visited the school this morning and took sample copies of the textbook.
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