Tejpal is currently lodged at the Sada sub-jail in the port town of Vasco, 35 km from here, as prisoner number 624.
Panaji: The Goa session court has rejected a bail plea filed by Tehelka founder-editor Tarun Tejpal in the sexual assault case against him.
Tejpal has spent a month and a half cumulatively in police and judicial custody.
He has been accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a junior colleague in a Goa resort, during ThinkFest, a high-profile conference organised by Tejpal and his team at a Goa resort.
Tejpal is currently lodged at the Sada sub-jail in the port town of Vasco, 35 km from here, as prisoner number 624.
Tejpal, known for path-breaking investigative stories, was booked November 22, 2013, after a junior colleague accused him of sexual assault in an elevator of a five-star resort in Goa.
(with inputs from agencies)
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