Update on the sex assault case against Tarun Tejpal.

Goa State Women's Commission today demanded that Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, accused of sexually assaulting a woman journalist, be arrested along with the magazine's Managing Editor Shoma Chaudhary for allegedly trying to abet the crime.

"We demand with Goa police that Tejpal should be arrested immediately for sexually assaulting a woman in the (hotel) lift," GSWC Chairman Vidya Shet Tanavade said.

Chaudhary, who allegedly abetted the crime by trying to shield Tejpal, should also be booked and arrested, she said.

"Chaudhary knew about this crime much earlier. It was her duty to inform the police. She tried to hush up everything to protect Tejpal. It was unfair on her part to do so, especially she being a woman," Tanavade alleged.

"She (Chaudhary) should be booked and arrested for the offence," she demanded.