Tarun Tejpal to get copy of WhatsApp messages

June 21, 2018 12:33 am | Updated 01:35 am IST

Panaji: A trial court in Mapusa, North Goa, hearing the Tarun Tejpal rape case, on Wednesday, directed the prosecution to provide to the accused a sequential record of WhatsApp messages exchanged between the former Tehelka editor-in-chief and the female rape survivor.

The cloned copy of the messages, which will be provided by the Goa State Forensic department, are part of the evidence submitted by the prosecution. Mr. Tejpal has been accused of sexually assaulting and raping his junior female colleague in the elevator of a North Goa coastal resort during an annual event hosted by the Tehelka magazine in November, 2013.

The next date of hearing has been scheduled for July 16 by Mapusa Additional District and Sessions Judge Vijaya Pol, who is hearing the in-camera trial.

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