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Tejpal’s daughter says rape case used to silence him
Cara Tejpal, daughter of former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, has alleged his conviction in a rape case is a bid to 'silence' him for the magazine's investigative journalism. The Bombay High Court…
The Story in Brief
Cara Tejpal, daughter of former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, has alleged his conviction in a rape case is a bid to 'silence' him for the magazine's investigative journalism. The Bombay High Court convicted the 62-year-old on Thursday for raping a junior colleague in a Goa hotel elevator in 2013. The state appealed his 2021 acquittal.
Cara said she had examined the evidence over 13 years and believes her father is innocent. She said she no longer cares about being called a 'rape apologist'. Tejpal has claimed political victimhood and will challenge the conviction in the Supreme Court.
The Indian Opinion
Cara Tejpal's claim that the rape case was a political hit job is echoed by her father. But the Bombay High Court explicitly called the trial court's acquittal 'perverse' and rooted in a 'perfect victim' myth, a judicial finding, not a media headline. The real test will be the Supreme Court's scrutiny of the evidence, not competing narratives of victimhood or vendetta.
Sources (2): thehindu.com, livemint.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
