India, Feb. 11 -- Ex-Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday broke his silence surrounding the row over his memoir, Four Stars of Destiny, sharing a post by Penguin Random House India.

"This is the status," General (Retired) Naravane wrote, endorsing the publisher's claim that the book was never published and that no authorised copies exist.

The post shared by General Naravane was Penguin Random House India's first official statement on the issue, which he had earlier reposted as well. In that statement, the publisher said it holds the sole publishing rights to Four Stars of Destiny and clarified that the book has not gone into publication.

It added that no copies - in print or digital form - have been published, distribute...