Goa Police to file chargesheet against Tarun Tejpal today

February 17, 2014 08:04

The Goa police will file a chargesheet today against Tehelka founder-editor Tarun Tejpal who was accused of sexually assaulting his woman colleague last year.

Tejpal (50) has been accused of raping the woman in a lift at a hotel in Goa during Tehelka's ThinkFest in November 2013.

The high-profile journalist was arrested by the Crime Branch of Goa police on November 30 after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by a local court.

Tejpal is currently in judicial custody at the Sada sub-jail in Panaji.

When contacted, a senior police official refused to divulge details of the chargesheet.

Tejpal had been booked under sections 354-A (sexual harassment, physical contact, advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures or any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature), 376 (rape), 376(2)(k) (rape by a person of a woman in his custody taking advantage of his official position), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 342 (wrongful confinement) of the Indian Penal Code.

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