New Delhi: Shoma Chaudhary, the Managing Editor of Tehelka, spoke to NDTV today about the charges of sexual assault against her boss Tarun Tejpal, who is the founder of the news-magazine.
Here are the highlights of her interview:
Here are the highlights of her interview:
- Can't comment on rape charges and FIR against Tarun Tejpal - have just heard of them
- Will cooperate with investigation
- Journalist who complained of sexual assault said she was not driven by a sense of vengeance after she received Tejpal's apology
- I started getting barrage of calls with people asking me to go to police. I had no idea her account was in public domain
- When Tarun Tejpal sent email that he's stepping down, how could there have been attempt at a cover-up?
- To be charged with rape, doesn't mean rape... and two days ago he wasn't. Keep chronology straight
- People from the outside can say why its wasn't better handled but one is operating in the real-time zone
- In retrospect, the language of both his letter and mine seems tonally wrong in my understanding
- His actions as individual separate from institution
- I was trying to do right by my junior colleague. There were considerations about issues like financial closure.
- Just before I released the letter to office, I spoke to her
- Officially, I did not cross-check her version with the three other journalists she marked on the email
- Why I didn't follow Vishakha rules is a contested question. My lawyers said it wasn't necessary
- On a phone call with her, she said she was satisfied with the actions
- I acknowledge the tonal error on my part
- Huge misconception that I had known of the incident for days
- Not my place to go to police
- Still not willing to speak about Tarun Tejpal's version publicly because it is his right to go before the committee
- Tarun Tejpal's letter of recusal not a letter of apology to the woman journalist
- Tarun extended an unconditional apology to her in a letter that is not in the public domain
- Don't unilaterally want to go to the police and I stand by that
- It is her prerogative to go to the police
- Aghast that a man of Arun Jaitley's stature and legal standing will say rape and not alleged rape since he has only one side of the story
- Word 'rape' came in public domain because of the people outside Tehelka
- If the girl's version turns out to be correct, I would see it as rape or attempt to rape at least
- Was so devastated with her account, that for 2-3 days my sole aim was to address her sense of extreme grievance
- Now it has entered a zone of criminality and legality, that wasn't the zone we were operating in two days ago
- Tehelka's work, other journalists, the institution not a party to the transgression
- She didn't accuse him of rape, she said sexual molestation
- Within the institution did not want her character or accusations put up for discussion, that was in a limited sense my politics
- The intention wasn't to put out anything. I didn't leak the letters out
- The saddest thing for me is to be seen in opposition to her. Proud she spoke out
- But in a criminal case, I have equal allegiance to both sides
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