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Tarun Tejpal: Former India editor charged with rape | Tarun Tejpal: Former India editor charged with rape |
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A court in India has charged Tarun Tejpal, the former editor of Tehelka magazine, with raping a colleague. | A court in India has charged Tarun Tejpal, the former editor of Tehelka magazine, with raping a colleague. |
A trial court in Mapusa in the western state of Goa charged Mr Tejpal with rape, sexual harassment and wrongful restraint. He has pleaded not guilty. | A trial court in Mapusa in the western state of Goa charged Mr Tejpal with rape, sexual harassment and wrongful restraint. He has pleaded not guilty. |
His unnamed accuser has alleged that he assaulted her at an event organised by Tehelka in Goa in November 2013. | |
Legal experts say if found guilty, Mr Tejpal could be sentenced to at least seven years in jail. | Legal experts say if found guilty, Mr Tejpal could be sentenced to at least seven years in jail. |
The case will be next heard on 21 November. | The case will be next heard on 21 November. |
After Mr Tejpal was accused of rape, he was arrested and spent six months in jail until the Supreme Court granted him bail. | After Mr Tejpal was accused of rape, he was arrested and spent six months in jail until the Supreme Court granted him bail. |
The case prompted critics to accuse Tehelka magazine - one of India's top investigative titles, which has exposed gender inequality and officially-sanctioned misogyny - of hypocrisy and double standards. | The case prompted critics to accuse Tehelka magazine - one of India's top investigative titles, which has exposed gender inequality and officially-sanctioned misogyny - of hypocrisy and double standards. |
The case had particular resonance because it came amid a debate about attitudes to sexual violence in India after the brutal gangrape and murder of a woman in Delhi in December 2012. | The case had particular resonance because it came amid a debate about attitudes to sexual violence in India after the brutal gangrape and murder of a woman in Delhi in December 2012. |
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