Minutes after Goa Police filed a case of rape and outraging of modesty against Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal, who has been accused by a woman journalist colleague of sexual assault, Tehelka founder said that he is ready to extend fullest cooperation to police in sexual assault case and offers to present all facts.
| READ WHAT TARUN TEJPAL HAS TO SAY: There have been serious allegations cast on me in this last week, and unfortunately as sometimes happens in life, the complete truth and the need to do the honorable thing can come into conflict. In this case this anguish was accentuated by the fact that very many intimate people, professional and personal, were involved. For four days, as demanded by Shoma Chaudhury, the managing editor, and the recipient of the complaint, I have tried to do what was honorably demanded of me. On Tuesday I issued an apology for the alleged misconduct, as desired by the journalist through Shoma Chaudhury. On Wednesday I stepped down from the editorship of Tehelka and removed myself from the office premises. On Thursday I learnt of the formation of the complaints committee. I offer my fullest cooperation to the police and all other authorities, and look to presenting all the facts of this incident to it. I also urge the committee and the police to obtain, examine and release the CCTV footage so that the accurate version of events stands clearly revealed. Tarun J Tejpal |
The charges relate to section 376 (rape) and 354 (outraging modesty) of IPC, he said.
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said police have complete authority to investigate the sexual assault case against Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal and they should not worry about the stature of the person involved.
"I have given complete authority to the police to investigate the case. I have told them don't worry whether the person is low profile or high profile. Stature does not count.
What counts is the crime. You go by what is correct in law," the Chief Minister told the police.
He said attempt to rape charges have been pressed in the FIR against Tejpal.
"I am yet to see the FIR copy. What I know is they have pressed attempt to rape charge (against Tejpal)," he told PTI.
He said he has given complete authority to the police to investigate the case and not to be worried about the stature of people involved.
The FIR has been filed suo motu by the Crime Branch of the Goa Police for sexual assault and intimidation, a police source said. The exact sections under which the report was framed against the Tehelka editor-in-chief are not yet known.
Deputy Inspector General of Police O P Mishra said that the police are examining the footage received from the five star hotel where the incident was reported.
"We will go through all the details. We will press rape charges against him, if the complaint of the girl is substantiated," Mishra said.
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had ordered a preliminary inquiry into the allegations by the girl that she was sexually abused by Tejpal during an event in Goa.
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