Tehelka Founder-Editor Tarun Tejpal Acquitted by Goa Court
Tejpal was accused of sexually assaulting the young woman in an elevator of a five-star resort in Goa during an event in 2013
| 21 May 2021 12:22 PM GMT
Panaji: Indian journalist and the founder of Tehelka magazine Tarun Tejpal was acquitted by a court in Goa on Friday. He was accused of raping a former colleague eight years ago. He is the former editor-in-chief of the magazine.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that the government will challenge the order before the High Court. Tejpal was accused of sexually assaulting the young woman in an elevator of a five-star resort in Goa during an event in 2013. He was arrested the same year.