Tarun Tejpal sexual assault case: Police record victim's statement

26 November,2013 04:31 PM IST |   |  IANS

Goa Police has recorded the statement of a woman journalist who has accused Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal of sexually assaulting her, a police official said


A police team had left for Mumbai to record the statement of the victim, who on Monday quit her job accusing the Tehelka management of sheltering Tejpal.


Tarun Tejpal

The victim reiterated the same points she made in her complaint sent by email to Tehelka managing editor Shoma Chaudhury last week, a police source told IANS.

"The statement is consistent with the complaint to Shoma and with the versions told to us by the three journalists (all former employees of Tehelka) who the victim had confided in," the official said.

Police have still not decided how and where to question Tejpal.

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