# Tarun Tejpal’s daughter rejects complainant’s ‘father figure’ claim 2026-08-10T08:57:04+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Cara Tejpal, daughter of former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, has dismissed as an "absolute untruth" the claim that the complainant in the rape case against her father was a childhood friend who regarded him as a "father figure". In a statement, she said she had not known of the complainant's existence until adulthood, and that her father and the complainant's father had only worked briefly in the same office in the 1990s. The statement follows the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court setting aside Tejpal's 2021 acquittal and sentencing him to ten years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a junior journalist at a hotel in 2013. Tejpal has said he will challenge the conviction in the Supreme Court. India Today reports Cara asserted that the "father figure" characterisation was already tested and rejected during the trial before the Sessions Court in Mapusa. ## Coverage - ndtv.com - indiatoday.in Tags: acquittal, Bombay High Court, Goa bench, justice system, sexual assault case, Tarun Tejpal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/tejpal-daughter-calls-acquittal-a-miscarriage-of-justice/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/tejpal-daughter-calls-acquittal-a-miscarriage-of-justice/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.