Did he put it in his own paper?
"Editor in India held in rape investigation; His magazine works to expose abuses of power" by Mayabhushan Nagvenkar | Associated Press, December 01, 2013
PANAJI, India — The editor of a magazine known for exposing abuses of power in India was arrested Saturday in a sexual assault case that has fueled fresh outrage over the treatment of women in the country, police said.
They made new laws but nothing seems to have changed.
Police took Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal into custody within an hour of Judge Anuja Prabhudesai rejecting his bail petition, said Sunita Sawant, the police officer investigating the case.
The allegations against Tejpal by a female colleague have touched a nerve in part because he is the face of a publication that has pushed Indian society to vanquish corruption and confront the scourge of sexual violence.
The journalist alleged that Tejpal cornered her in a hotel elevator and assaulted her twice, on Nov. 7 and 8. Formal charges could be filed when the investigation is complete.
Tejpal was sitting in the office of the crime branch of the state police when the court order came.
‘‘We are already cooperating with the police in investigation,’’ said Geeta Luthra, Tejpal’s attorney. Details of the court order were not immediately known.
Media have chronicled every turn in the Tejpal case, which is playing out through leaked e-mails, police reports, and a resignation letter in which the accuser says she is enduring ‘‘intimidation, character assassination, and slander.’’
I'm sick of he said, she said, sorry.
‘‘Tehelka’s editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal sexually molested me on two occasions in November this year,’’ the woman said in the resignation letter, which was printed by Indian news organizations. ‘‘I am deeply traumatized by the lack of support offered by the organization.’’
On Friday, the woman, whose name and job title have not been made public, released a statement saying she was disturbed that her complaint had been described by some as a political gimmick. ‘‘(I)n this case, the law is clear: what Mr. Tejpal did to me falls within the legal definition of rape.’’
Tejpal came under investigation after the woman told the magazine’s managing editor about the alleged assault. The woman had been working at Tehelka Thinkfest, the magazine’s annual conference at a coastal hotel resort in Goa, where her duties involved escorting Robert De Niro and his daughter to events.
A detailed account of the alleged attack, apparently written by the accuser, was leaked to the media and posted on social media last week.
As the allegations became public, Tejpal apologized for ‘‘a bad lapse of judgment, an awful misreading of the situation’’ and said he was stepping down for six months, according to a staff e-mail widely circulated in Indian media.
But his words, seen to be downplaying the case, only fueled public outrage. Tejpal then backpedaled and described the sexual encounter as consensual and fleeting.
On Monday, the accuser resigned and criticized the magazine. She said the magazine over the years had defended women’s rights and spoken out harshly against the culture of blaming the victim.
‘‘Given the sequence of events since the 7th of November, it is not just Mr. Tejpal who has failed me as an employer — but Tehelka that has failed women, employees, journalists, and feminists collectively,’’ she wrote in the resignation letter.
Another six senior magazine staff members have since resigned including the managing editor, Shoma Chaudhury, who apologized for lapses in handling the woman’s allegations but denied a role in a coverup.
And these are the good guys of the Indian media?
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Related: Burned Up by Indian Rape Coverage
Maybe the answer is in segregation.
