Tarun Tejpal, ex-editor of top India magazine, acquitted of rape

The 58-year-old founder and former Tehelka magazine editor was accused of raping colleague in lift of a hotel in 2013.

An Indian court has acquitted the former editor of a leading news and investigative magazine accused of raping a female colleague seven years ago in a high-profile case that made headlines across the country. Tarun Tejpal, the 58-year-old founder and former editor of Tehelka magazine, was accused of raping a female journalist in the lift of a five-star hotel in Goa in November 2013. He was granted bail in 2014. Tejpal was acquitted of charges of rape, sexual harassment and wrongful restraint after Judge Kshama Joshi read out a brief order in the presence of Tejpal and his family, his lawyer Suhas Velip told reporters on Friday.