Tehelka case: Tarun Tejpal spends night in lock-up with murder accused

mangaloretoday.com

Panaji, Dec 1, 2013:  Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal spent the night at a police lock-up in Panaji with two murder accused and an anti-social person, after he was arrested by the Crime Branch.

Tehelka magazine editor Tarun Tejpal was today remanded in police custody for six days, a day after being arrested for allegedly sexually assulating a woman colleague.

Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Shama Joshi passed the order for Tejpal’s remand on a plea by the police.

Mr Tejpal, who was arrested in a sexual assault case, was referred for mandatory medical check-up at Goa Medical College at 12:30 midnight.

 

He was taken to Panaji police lock-up at around 2 am, after his medical check-up. Police sources said that Mr Tejpal will share the lock-up with three more people including two accused of murder and one arrested under preventive action.

The Crime Branch officials had posted their guards outside the lock-up.

The dingy lock-up is located inside the Police Headquarters in Panaji, overlooking the office of the Director General of Police (DGP).

Police sources added that he remained calm after his arrest, during medical check-up and also in the lock-up.

The 50-year-old-journalist refused to talk to the media after his medical check-up, when he emerged from Goa Medical College.

He was accompanied by his lawyer and his family joined him outside the Police Headquarters, before he was taken to the lock-up. He was supplied with a new pair of clothes by his family, as allowed by the Court.