Journalist in India magazine sex scandal alleges harassment
25 November, 2013
NEW DELHI: The woman at the centre of a sexual assault scandal involving a top Indian investigative news magazine has publicly pleaded with her editor to halt what she called intimidation and harassment. Police have begun investigating the editor of Tehelka after the woman claimed she had been sexually assaulted twice in a hotel in the holiday state of Goa during a conference organised by the magazine last month. Tehelka, which pioneered undercover sting operations in India, has been embroiled in the scandal since Wednesday when it was leaked that the editor Tarun Tejpal had agreed to take six months' leave for "misconduct". In a statement to local media late Saturday, the woman said a member of Tejpal's family had visited her mother's house in New Delhi on Friday evening and asked her mother to "protect" the editor. End.
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