High-profile Indian investigative journalist convicted of raping colleague
Tarun Tejpal’s acquittal in 2021 was challenged by the Goa government. Photograph: Frédéric Soltan/Corbis/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenTarun Tejpal’s acquittal in 2021 was challenged by the Goa government. He was arrested and spent seven months in jail until the supreme court granted him bail.In 2021, a court in Goa acquitted Tejpal of charges including rape, sexual harassment and wrongful restraint.
- ▪Tarun Tejpal’s acquittal in 2021 was challenged by the Goa government.
- ▪Photograph: Frédéric Soltan/Corbis/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenTarun Tejpal’s acquittal in 2021 was challenged by the Goa government.
- ▪He was arrested and spent seven months in jail until the supreme court granted him bail.In 2021, a court in Goa acquitted Tejpal of charges including rape, sexual harassment and wrongful restraint.
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Tarun Tejpal’s acquittal in 2021 was challenged by the Goa government. Photograph: Frédéric Soltan/Corbis/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenTarun Tejpal’s acquittal in 2021 was challenged by the Goa government. Photograph: Frédéric Soltan/Corbis/Getty ImagesIndiaHigh-profile Indian investigative journalist convicted of raping colleagueTarun Tejpal, ex-editor of Tehelka magazine, was initially acquitted in 2021 in case that drew nationwide attentionAgence France-Press in MumbaiThu 6 Aug 2026 04.05 EDTLast modified on Thu 6 Aug 2026 04.28 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAn Indian court has convicted a high-profile former editor of an investigative news magazine of raping a junior colleague, overturning his acquittal in a case that drew nationwide attention.Tarun Tejpal, 63, the…
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