Mapusa: District and Sessions Court in Mapusa has dismissed the application by former Editor in Chief of Tehelka Tarun Tejpal to release his passport, which was deposited during his bail.
Tejpal had moved an application seeking to release his passport before the District and Sessions Judge where he is being tried for raping his former colleague in a five star hotel.
In 2013, when he was editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine, Tejpal was accused of rape by a female colleague, who in her complaint to the police alleged that she was raped by the journalist in the elevator of a five-star resort in Goa where the magazine was hosting an international conclave.
Following the registration of FIR, Tejpal was arrested and remained in police and judicial custody for nearly a year, before being released on bail.
Tejpal subsequently resigned as the magazine’s head.
