Tarun Tejpal is lodged in the Panaji police lock-up, housed in an old, Portuguese-era building.
Panaji:
From the two murder accused with whom he shared the room on the first night in the police lock-up, arrested Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal had four poachers as his cell mates on the second night.
The 50-year-old journalist, who was sent to six days in police custody on Sunday, is lodged in the Panaji police lock-up, housed in an old, Portuguese-era building.
A narrow access through a tunnel leads to three cells - two for men and one for women. Mr Tejpal has been kept in a cell which is around 8 feet by 4 feet and five metres high and has an Indian toilet facility behind a small wall, just enough to cover the person using it.
"Tejpal looked tired and tense due to lack of sleep and may be due to intense questioning. His face looked a little swollen and his eyes were red," police sources said.
The senior journalist's family visited him in lock-up this morning along with Crime Branch officials. "He was given Goan pav bhaji by the family members. Before that, he had tea which is served for the inmates by police," the sources said.
"Tejpal did try to strike a conversation with the four inmates last night when he was brought to the lock-up by the crime branch after interrogation.
"But the all the four accused - Damian Colaco, Natalo Fernandes, Lorence Colaco and Santan Colaco - facing charges of poaching frogs and turtles, did not respond as they don't understand Hindi," the sources said.
Panaji lock-up is shared by the Forest department which does not have its own prison facility.
Mr Tejpal asked the four inmates about the crime for which they had been put behind bars but they refused to answer, staring at his face nervously, the sources added.
The journalist also got up twice during the night to drink water, they said.
Mr Tejpal was arrested on Saturday for allegedly assaulting a young journalist, who resigned from Tehelka last week.
His family had brought a mattress for him but Crime Branch officials did not allow it, saying the court had not permitted it.
Since the lock-up does not have a fan, Mr Tejpal has moved an application in the local court for getting one.
Judicial Magistrate Shama Joshi had, on Sunday, ordered six days' police custody of Mr Tejpal after the prosecution sought his remand for 14 days.
Crime Branch officials, after getting his custody, took the Tehelka founder to their headquarters in Dona Paula and began questioning him on the alleged sexual assault.
Public Prosecutor Frances Tavera had sought police custody of Mr Tejpal saying his custodial interrogation was needed because of the nature of the crime involved.
Mr Tejpal's lawyers had opposed the demand for police custody, saying he was cooperating with the Crime Branch.
The woman journalist had accused Mr Tejpal of sexually assaulting her on November 7 and 8 in a lift in a five-star hotel in Goa last month.
He has been booked under Sections 354A (outraging the modesty of a woman) and 376 (2)(K) (custodial rape) of IPC.
The 50-year-old journalist, who was sent to six days in police custody on Sunday, is lodged in the Panaji police lock-up, housed in an old, Portuguese-era building.
A narrow access through a tunnel leads to three cells - two for men and one for women. Mr Tejpal has been kept in a cell which is around 8 feet by 4 feet and five metres high and has an Indian toilet facility behind a small wall, just enough to cover the person using it.
"Tejpal looked tired and tense due to lack of sleep and may be due to intense questioning. His face looked a little swollen and his eyes were red," police sources said.
The senior journalist's family visited him in lock-up this morning along with Crime Branch officials. "He was given Goan pav bhaji by the family members. Before that, he had tea which is served for the inmates by police," the sources said.
"Tejpal did try to strike a conversation with the four inmates last night when he was brought to the lock-up by the crime branch after interrogation.
"But the all the four accused - Damian Colaco, Natalo Fernandes, Lorence Colaco and Santan Colaco - facing charges of poaching frogs and turtles, did not respond as they don't understand Hindi," the sources said.
Panaji lock-up is shared by the Forest department which does not have its own prison facility.
Mr Tejpal asked the four inmates about the crime for which they had been put behind bars but they refused to answer, staring at his face nervously, the sources added.
The journalist also got up twice during the night to drink water, they said.
Mr Tejpal was arrested on Saturday for allegedly assaulting a young journalist, who resigned from Tehelka last week.
His family had brought a mattress for him but Crime Branch officials did not allow it, saying the court had not permitted it.
Since the lock-up does not have a fan, Mr Tejpal has moved an application in the local court for getting one.
Judicial Magistrate Shama Joshi had, on Sunday, ordered six days' police custody of Mr Tejpal after the prosecution sought his remand for 14 days.
Crime Branch officials, after getting his custody, took the Tehelka founder to their headquarters in Dona Paula and began questioning him on the alleged sexual assault.
Public Prosecutor Frances Tavera had sought police custody of Mr Tejpal saying his custodial interrogation was needed because of the nature of the crime involved.
Mr Tejpal's lawyers had opposed the demand for police custody, saying he was cooperating with the Crime Branch.
The woman journalist had accused Mr Tejpal of sexually assaulting her on November 7 and 8 in a lift in a five-star hotel in Goa last month.
He has been booked under Sections 354A (outraging the modesty of a woman) and 376 (2)(K) (custodial rape) of IPC.
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