Panaji: A Goa bench of Bombay high court had permitted Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal on Friday to meet his ailing mother, who is admitted in a hospital at Mapusa town. The bench however rejected the bail plea of Tarun Tejpal.
Tarun Tejpal is the founder editor of Tehelka and had been lodged in jail for allegedly raping a junior woman colleague during Tehelka magazine’s event at a Goa hotel in November 2013.
Additional district and sessions court allowed Tejpal to meet his mother, who is suffering from brain tumour and admitted in the ICU of a hospital in Mapusa, about 50km from Sada sub jail, where he is currently lodged.
The lawyer of Tarun Tejpal, Swapnil Nachinolkar, said that the jail escort cell has been ordered to take the 50-year-old journalist to his mother.
The application moved by Tejpal before the court had on Thursday said that his mother, Shankuntala Tejpal, has been suffering from brain tumour and is in her last stage of life.
Nachinolkar said that Tejpal is likely to be escorted to the hospital tomorrow morning.
Bureau Report
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