No copies of Naravane’s memoir have gone into publication: Publisher

Penguin Random House India (PRHI) connected Monday (February 9, 2026) said it holds the exclusive publishing rights to erstwhile Army main General Manoj Mukund Naravane’s memoir titled Four Stars of Destiny and clarified that the publication has not yet been published, amid reports of unauthorised copies successful circulation.

The clarification came aft the Delhi Police registered an FIR implicit the alleged amerciable circulation of the manuscript successful integer and different formats.

In a statement, the publishing location clarified that nary copies of the publication — either successful people oregon integer signifier — person been released to the public.

“Penguin Random House India would similar to clarify that we clasp the sole publishing rights for the publication ‘Four Stars of Destiny’, a memoir by General Manoj Mukund Naravane, erstwhile Chief of the Indian Army. We privation to marque it wide that the publication has not gone into publication,” the steadfast said successful a statement.

It further said that nary copies of the publication “in people oregon integer signifier — person been published, distributed, sold, oregon different made disposable to the public” by the company. The steadfast besides warned that immoderate mentation of the publication presently circulating, whether successful afloat oregon successful portion and successful immoderate format, including print, PDF oregon online copies, would magnitude to copyright infringement.

“Any copies of the publication presently successful circulation, successful full oregon successful part, whether successful print, digital, PDF, oregon immoderate different format, online oregon offline, connected immoderate platform, represent an infringement of PRHI’s copyright and indispensable instantly beryllium ceased,” the connection said, adding that it would prosecute ineligible remedies against the unauthorised dissemination of the material.

According to the Delhi police, a lawsuit has been registered with the Special Cell to transportation retired a thorough probe into the alleged leak oregon breach of a yet-to-be-approved publication, and an probe is being taken up.

Congress person Rahul Gandhi was seen flashing a purported transcript of the publication successful the Parliament analyzable past week. He wanted to mention excerpts from the memoir successful the Lok Sabha since February 2 but has been stopped arsenic it has not yet been published.