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Red Alert
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- Book Synopsis
- What happens when a jailer becomes the witness to the country's most explosive secrets?In Red Alert, Tihar's long-serving superintendent Sunil Gupta returns with another unflinching look into the underbelly of India's prisons - this time from the frontlines of riots, lockdowns, jailbreaks, and death sentences that shook the nation.Do jailbirds ever stop dreaming of freedom? Of course not, says Gupta, who spent a lifetime guarding those condemned to stay within Tihar's towering walls. Only the desperate dare to flee - like Charles Sobhraj, who walked out days before his release to dodge a foreign noose, and Sher Singh Rana, Phoolan Devi's killer, who escaped to Afghanistan on a self-proclaimed royal mission.From terror convicts who turned poets to guards who lost their sanity on duty, from mysterious deaths to audacious breakouts - Gupta reveals what the red alert siren inside Tihar really means. Red Alert goes beyond the black warrants - into the moments when the system itself is on trial, and freedom becomes the most dangerous dream of all.A rare insider's chronicle of power, crime, and survival within India's largest prison, Red Alert exposes the cracks in the walls meant to contain others - and shows us what freedom, punishment, and humanity really mean.
- About The Author
- Sunil Gupta began his career at Tihar Jail in 1981 as a junior officer and later served as its spokesperson and legal advisor. He now practices law in the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court. He has received the India Vision Award for Prison Reforms and Administration and the President's Correctional Medal for Meritorious and Distinguished Services. Red Alert is his second book.Samanwaya Rautray is an Indian journalist with more than three decades of experience. As a legal correspondent, she has covered the Supreme Court of India, the Election Commission, and the Ministry of Law for publications including The Statesman, Hindustan Times, Reuters India, The Telegraph, and The Economic Times. Red Alert is her first book.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780143476771
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ebury Press, (05 January 2027)
- Number of Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 5486 x 3429 mm
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