Tehelka editor steps down for 6 months over alleged sexual assault

Tarun Tejpal has recused himself for six months as the Editor-in-Chief of Tehelka, after being accused of sexual assault by a woman journalist in the magazine. A person close to the journalist spoke to NDTV and said it was an act of “grave sexual misconduct.” “It happened not once, but twice and the girl is completely shattered and emotionally scarred. She continues to put forward her plea that Tehelka should set up a committee to look into sexual harassment cases according to Visakha guidelines,” she said.

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