Tehelka case: Charge-sheet likely by Jan end

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Goa Police is expected to sum up their investigations in the sexual assault case allegedly involving Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal and file a charge sheet by this month end, an official said here on Sunday.

"The investigations in the case are almost in the final stage," the senior crime branch official told PTI. "We are waiting for the forensic report of the gadgets seized from Tejpal. The charge sheet would be filed by this month end," he said.

The crime branch during its investigation had seized gadgets like mobile, laptop of Tejpal which were used to communicate, after the alleged offence took place. Tejpal was arrested on November 30 in Goa after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by a district and sessions court. A former junior woman journalist of the Tehelka magazine had alleged that Tejpal had sexually assaulted her inside the lift of a five-star hotel during an event in Goa last year.    

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