Panaji, Dec 1 : A Goa court docket Sunday sent Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal to six days in police custody for interrogation over expenses of rape filed by using a now former colleague.
Tejpal’s arrest late Saturday and his remand Sunday adopted two weeks of drama after the woman colleague accused the veteran journalist of sexually molesting her in a Goa lodge twice in November.
The Tehelka editor, whose weekly magazine is known for investigative journalism, looked drained in his reasonably crumpled black suit when he used to be escorted to the courtroom Sunday.
After strolling back from Delhi, Tejpal spent Friday night time in a set along with his rapid domestic at the Vivanta by Taj in Panaji – and the next night in a police lock-up in the identical city.
The media used to be not allowed to enter Judicial magistrate first-class Kshama Joshi’s court Sunday where she allowed the police the appropriate to quiz Tejpal for six days in custody.
When police inspector Sunita Sawant, the investigating officer, questions Tejpal over six days, he should help police recreate the scene of crime. This could contain being taken to the same Grand Hyatt hotel close to Panaji where the alleged incident took place.
Most effective weeks in the past Tejpal escorted two cinematic legends — Robert De Niro and Amitabh Bachchan — across the comparable hotel, the venue for Thinkfest, a highbrow conference attended through global newsmakers and celebrities and organised via an organization generally owned by means of Tejpal.
