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Tejpal charged with rape in Goa Police chargesheet

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ANI Panaji

Tehelka founder and editor Tarun Tejpal has been charged with rape of a woman journalist, as the Goa Police claimed that there is sufficient evidence in the charge sheet to prove that admitted the commission of rape, sexual harassment and outraging the modesty of the victim.

There is also evidence available in the form of documents and statements on record to show that Tejpal has been evading police after commission of crime.

Tejpal was charged by the Goa police with rape, sexual harassment and outraging modesty of a woman journalist in a lift of a five-star hotel in Panaji in November last year.

 

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First Published: Feb 17 2014 | 4:34 PM IST

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