Black Warrant : Confessions Of A Tihar Jailer
Black Warrant : Confessions Of A Tihar Jailer
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Specifications
Genre
Non-Fiction
Language
English
Publisher
Roli Books
ISBN
9788194206859
Description
"A railway man with a higher calling, inquisitive Sunil Gupta was assisted by a familiar face when he secured
\na new job at Tihar. He only realized on the way out that it was arch criminal and high-functional psychopath,
\nCharles Sobhraj, star of a prison where the cons ran the show. Gupta would also become a lifer, remaining for
\nover three decades in a place where beatings were bread and butter, and breakfast was hunger strikes called by
\nthe wronged who were seeking rights.<br><br>
\nThis is a book of revelations – what is life like inside Asia’s largest prison? What happens when a man is
\nhanged, but his pulse refuses to give up even after two hours? Did Nirbhaya’s rapist, Ram Singh, commit
\nsuicide, or was he murdered? For the first time we have a riveting account from an insider who breaks his
\nsilence about all he’s seen. How the most poorly judged and infamous in contemporary Indian history, the
\nleast known and most chastised criminals and conspirators in the subcontinent, the guilty and the framed –
\nfrom Sobhraj via Afzal Guru – lived and died. Award-winning journalist Sunetra Choudhury has captured
\nan extraordinary life lived in a most secretive institution.<br><br>
\nA book of secrets and surprises, read <i>Black Warrant</i> for the most intimate and raw account of India’s judicial
\nand criminal justice system."
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