Archive · 14 Sep 2026
After Supreme Court Setback, Tarun Tejpal Surrenders in Goa
Tarun Tejpal founded and edited a magazine called Tehelka.
He was convicted in a sexual assault case involving a junior colleague.
The incident happened in a hotel elevator in Goa in 2013.
A high court convicted him last month.
Tejpal asked the Supreme Court for relief after the conviction.
The Supreme Court did not give him that relief.
He then surrendered at a Goa court on Monday.
The court sent him to jail.
Tehelka founder-editor Tarun Tejpal surrendered before a Goa court on Monday.
He was sent to jail after surrendering.
The surrender followed the Supreme Court’s refusal to grant him respite.
The Bombay High Court convicted Tejpal last month in a sexual assault case.
The case concerns the rape of a junior colleague in a hotel elevator in Goa in 2013.
- Who
- Tarun Tejpal, the founder-editor of Tehelka.
- What
- He surrendered in court after being convicted in a rape and sexual assault case and was sent to jail.
- When
- He surrendered on Monday; the alleged assault occurred in 2013, and the conviction was issued last month.
- Where
- Before a court in Goa, with the alleged assault occurring inside a hotel elevator in Goa.
- Why
- He surrendered after the Supreme Court refused to grant him respite following his conviction.
- Accused
- Tarun Tejpal
- Publication
- Tehelka
- Court appearance
- Tejpal surrendered before a Goa court on Monday.
- Court outcome
- He was sent to jail.
- Convicting court
- Bombay High Court
- Incident
- The case involves the rape of a junior colleague inside a hotel elevator.
- Incident year
- 2013