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Name: Gujarat Files
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Author: Rana Ayyub

Rana Ayyub’s *Gujarat Files* documents her covert, eight‑month operation in Gujarat, where she posed as filmmaker Maithili Tyagi to gain access to top state officials and police. She recorded confidential interviews and strategic conversations that expose the complicity of government and law‑enforcement in the 2002 communal riots, staged “encounters,” and the abduction and murder of Home Minister Haren Pandya. The book assembles these transcripts and secretly recorded videos to present a detailed, first‑hand account of the state's role in crimes against humanity and its connection to political figures’ rise to national prominence.

First publish date: 2016

Genre: Politics & Government/Government

Authors: Rana Ayyub

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