"It's a lie, I am being framed": Tarun Tejpal

by Guest Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:38 pm

Hours after the Goa Police registered an FIR and accused him of raping a colleague, Tehelka magazine founder Tarun Tejpal Friday alleged that the victim was lying.

His lawyers, he said, know he is being framed and are aware of "political forces driving much of it".

"It is a totally mendacious account of what happened, in its details, in its tonalities, in its very suggestion of non-consensus," Tejpal, who stepped down as editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine Wednesday for six months over the alleged incident, said referring to the allegations by his colleague.

"In cold light of day, much of it will sound unsavoury, but now the inquiry will reveal it all," he told The Indian Express in response to questions emailed to him.

Tejpal also said that the allegation by the journalist that he told her the best way to keep her job was by not resisting his advances, was a "half-truth". "This is one of the half-truths she's voiced. Nothing of this, as she states, was said or intended," he said.

"My lawyers know I am being framed, and are also aware of the political forces driving much of it now," he added.

The woman journalist has accused Tejpal of sexually assaulting her on two occasions during a media event organised by the publication in Goa earlier this month....

Asked if recusing himself from work for six months was punishment enough in view of the grave allegations, he said: "I had no reason to do that. I did so because Shoma Chaudhury felt I needed to make a clear gesture of atonement to appease the journalist's sense of being aggrieved. At this point Shoma did not want to take into account my version of the events. She felt we needed to honour the journalist's sense of being aggrieved. She felt we needed to honour the journalist's complaint, right or wrong, with some gestures."

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by Rishi Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:43 pm

At this point Shoma did not want to take into account my version of the events. She felt we needed to honour the journalist's sense of being aggrieved. She felt we needed to honour the journalist's complaint, right or wrong, with some gestures."

>>> WHat is all this mumbo jumbo?
What the hell is he saying?
Why is he blaming Shoma when she is defending him?

by Guest Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:48 pm

Rishi wrote: At this point Shoma did not want to take into account my version of the events. She felt we needed to honour the journalist's sense of being aggrieved. She felt we needed to honour the journalist's complaint, right or wrong, with some gestures."

>>> WHat is all this mumbo jumbo?
What the hell is he saying?
Why is he blaming Shoma when she is defending him?

He is saying he has his own version of of what actually happened but that Shoma refused to listen to his version and only accepted the girl's version. When Shoma demanded an apology from him, Tejpal obliged to keep everyone happy.

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