Goa, 06 Aug (HS): Founder of ‘Tahalka’ Tarun Tejpal

has been awarded 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by the Goa Bench of the

Bombay High Court, in the rape case.

The case was initiated in 2013 by a woman employee

alleging Tejpal of sexual abuse in November 2013 in a hotel in Goa during an

event.

The Mapusa Sessions Court has released him of all

the charges, following which the victim preferred an appeal with the High

Court. The High Court has set aside the verdict of the Sessions Court and

slapped him with ten years of rigorous imprisonment.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar