Delhi Police files FIR about alleged circulation of former Army chief’s unpublished memoir

The Delhi Police on Monday said it has filed a first information report in connection with the alleged circulation of an unpublished memoir of former Indian Army chief MM Naravane, PTI reported.

The FIR comes in the backdrop of disruptions in Parliament since February 3, with the Opposition protesting against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi not being allowed to quote an excerpt from the memoir about the political decision-making during the 2020 border tensions between India and China.

In a statement on Monday, the police said that it had “taken cognisance of information circulating on social media platforms and online news forums claiming that a pre-print copy of a book titled Four Stars of Destiny is being circulated without mandatory clearance from competent authorities”.

The police said that it had been reported that the necessary clearance for the publication of the book was yet to be received from the relevant authorities, India Today reported.

“Upon verification, it was found that a PDF copy of a type-set book with the same title and apparently prepared by M/s Penguin Random House India Pvt Ltd is available on certain websites and, also, some online marketing platforms have displayed the finished book cover as if it is available for purchase,” the magazine quoted the police as...

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