There was heavy police presence in Sao Jose De Areal village near Margao town on Sunday after some people installed a statue of the Maratha king, while another group took objection.
Tejpal is accused of raping his journalist colleague inside an elevator of a five-star hotel in Goa in 2013 during an event organised by the news magazine.
In the 500-page order, the court has observed that the Investigating Officer (Crime Branch officer Sunita Sawant) did not conduct investigation on vital points of the eight-year-old case.
The lady investigating officer in the sexual assault case against journalist Tarun Tejpal has filed a complaint that he had threatened her during the probe.
The woman journalist, who has alleged sexual assault by Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, deposed before the Chief Judicial Magistrate today in Panaji for over eight hours, corroborating facts she had mentioned in her email.
If proven guilty, Tejpal can be sentenced for more than seven years of imprisonment on these charges.
Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal, accused of sexual assaulting a woman journalist, is sticking to his version that whatever happened between the two was a "consensual act", a police officer said on Thursday.
Moving towards an imminent arrest, the Goa police on Thurdsay approached a local court for issuing a non-bailable warrant against Tarun Tejpal, who is accused of sexual assault against a woman journalist colleague, after he failed to appear before the investigating officer.
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