Conviction Meant To Silence Him: Tarun Tejpal's Daughter Says He Is Innocent
Cara Tejpal has publicly defended her father, journalist Tarun Tejpal, following his conviction for rape by the Bombay High Court. She alleges the conviction is politically motivated by the BJP to silence her father's previous investigative journalism.
Why it matters
The case involves high-profile figures and raises questions about the intersection of media, politics, and the judicial system in India.
Tarun Tejpal's daughter Cara Tejpal has asserted her father's innocence in the rape case where he was recently convicted by the Bombay High Court. Claiming that she was convinced of his innocence because she has been sifting through the evidence for 13 years, she requested others to do the same without paying attention to headlines.The conviction, she has also insisted, has been engineered by the BJP, which has been repeatedly exposed by Tehelka, which was helmed by her father.On Thursday, Tejpal was sentenced to 10 years in jail and told to surrender by the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court, which had turned down the trial court verdict acquitting him.
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