High-profile Indian investigative journalist convicted of raping colleague

Tarun Tejpal, ex-editor of Tehelka magazine, was initially acquitted in 2021 in case that drew nationwide attention An 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,

Tarun Tejpal, the founder and former editor of Tehelka magazine, was convicted of sexually assaulting a former junior colleague in Goa.

The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court overturned a 2021 trial court verdict clearing Tejpal of all charges.