By TwoCircles.net special correspondent
New Delhi: Investigative journalist Rana Ayyub’s book “Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a cover up” was officially released in Delhi on Friday to a packed audience. The launch was a panel dicussion moderated by Hartosh Singh bal who will be in conversation with Rana Ayyub, Rajdeep Sardesai, Manoj Mitta and Indra Jaisingh at Indian Habitat Centre.
The book was self-published by Rana Ayyub after several publishers refused to publish it. The book is an account of eight-month long undercover investigation taken by Ayyub when she was working for magazine Tehelka. With her cover as Maithili Tyagi, a filmmaker from the US she was able to meet bureaucrats and top cops in Gujarat who held pivotal positions in the state between 2001 and 2010.
The book has the transcripts of the sting operation which reveal the complicity of the state and its officials in crimes against humanity. With sensational disclosures about cases that run parallel to Narendra Modi and Amit Shah’s ascent to power and their journey from Gujarat to New Delhi.
The book provides lots of materials on Gujarat genocide of 2002, Harend Pandya assasination case, and fake encounters of Sohrabuddin & Kausar Bi and Ishrat Jahan.
The hard copy of the book is available at some selected book stores in India and Amazon for kindle version of the book.