{
  "id": 395822,
  "title": "Conviction Meant To Silence Him: Tarun Tejpal's Daughter Says He Is Innocent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/conviction-meant-to-silence-him-tarun-tejpals-daughter-says-he-is",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T17:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV - India News",
    "slug": "ndtv-india-news",
    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/conviction-meant-to-silence-him-tarun-tejpals-daughter-says-he-is-innocent-11887433"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tarun Tejpal's daughter, Cara Tejpal, has expressed her conviction that her father is innocent of a rape allegation. According to Cara Tejpal, she has spent 13 years examining the evidence and is convinced of his innocence.\n\nCara Tejpal also believes that her father's conviction is linked to his work as an investigative journalist, specifically with the magazine Tehelka. She thinks that her father's reporting on corruption and alleged wrongdoing by those in power made him a target, and that the rape allegation was used to silence him.\n\nThe Bombay High Court recently convicted Tarun Tejpal of raping a junior colleague in a hotel elevator in 2013. Cara Tejpal has stated that she does not care if she is labelled a \"rape apologist\" or the \"child of a rapist\" and has requested others to examine the evidence without being swayed by headlines, as per NDTV.",
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      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Conviction Meant To Silence Him: Tarun Tejpal's Daughter Says He Is Innocent",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/conviction-meant-to-silence-him-tarun-tejpals-daughter-says-he-is-400947",
        "published": "2026-08-09T17:42:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}