The History-Sheeter - Paperback

The searing sequel to The Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy

In 2018, Dr Kafeel Khan was released from prison after being wrongly accused in the Gorakhpur B.R.D. Medical College case. He went on to write an acclaimed book on this ordeal.

But what followed his release was worse. Within a few months, Dr Khan was arrested again, this time for making a speech at Aligarh Muslim University. The Uttar Pradesh government held him under the National Security Act.When he was finally released nine months later, Dr Khan was no longer simply an innocent and wronged doctor –the notoriety of the case and his outspoken fight for justice made him a permanent enemy of the state.

This is Dr Khan’s searing account of his third arrest, from his incarceration through the Covid-19 pandemic to his story being fictionalized in Shah Rukh Khan’s film Jawan. Heartbreaking, shocking and infuriating, The History-Sheeter reveals the darkest side of the Indian state and shows how dissent is punished, criminalized and crushed.