NDYV reports: Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, arrested in November for allegedly raping a colleague, has now been accused of harassing a lady police officer. He however has denied the charges.

Tejpal, who is imprisoned in Goa, says that the investigating officer handling his case has wrongly accused him of intimidation, and that influenced a judge to deny him bail earlier this month.

Tejpal, 50, has written a letter to police officer Sunita Sawant, which has been released to the media by his family, an NDTV report adds. 

He writes that after reviewing the court order that outlined the reasons for refusing him bail, "I am shocked and distressed by the observation that suggests you have complained of being intimidated and harassed by me. This is so far from the truth as to be outrageous," he wrote.

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