The term ‘Whistleblower’ is a comparatively recent addition to our lexicon. It traces its origin to the post-Watergate era USA. It emerged after the trials and tribulations of Daniel Ellsberg, the man who “blew the whistle” on the ‘Pentagon Papers’. His Indian counterpart who brought to limelight the issue of protection and security of ‘whistleblowers’ was Satyendra Dubey, a Project Manager at the National highway Authority of India (NHAI). He discovered and unravelled corruption and wrongdoings in the Golden Quadrilateral Highway Construction Project. The tenders which were supposed to be given to only highly experienced firms and were contracted to Larsen & Tourbo were further subcontracted to low experience firms. On finding this out, he complained to his Project Director S. K. Soni and Brij Satish Kapoor. When no action was taken he was urged to send a letter to the Prime Minister and attached his bio-data separately with the letter and requested that his identity should not be revealed. He also suffered constant threats and CBI lodged an FIR naming both Soni and Kapoor. His identity was invariably revealed and subsequently he was murdered in Gaya.