'This is the status':Gen Naravane breaks silence on unpublished book

Former Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday broke his silence by resharing a statement from the publishers Penguin. "This is the status of the book," General Naravane posted on X. Penguin Random House India was facing heat after an alleged circulation of pdf copies of Naravane’s memoir, which is yet to be cleared by the Ministry of Defence. Penguin said no copies of the book — in print or digital form — have been published, distributed, sold or otherwise made available to the public by the publisher. It warned that any copies currently in circulation, whether in whole or in part and across any format or platform, would amount to copyright infringement, and said it would pursue legal remedies against any unauthorised dissemination.

This is the status of the book. https://t.co/atLtwhJvl0

— Manoj Naravane (@ManojNaravane) February 10, 2026

Delhi Police is currently probing the illegal circulation of the copies. The row on the memoir erupted after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi invoked excerpts from the book to attack the government in Lok Sabha. A case has been registered with the Special Cell to investigate the alleged leak or breach of a yet-to-be-approved publication, the police said, adding that the probe is underway.