Tehelka abuse victim complains of pressure

The woman who has alleged sexual assault by Tehelka Editor-in-Chief Tarun Tejpal issued a statement to The Hindu saying attempts are being made to pressurise and influence her family members.
She stated that a member of Mr. Tejpal's immediate family visited her mother's house on Friday and “demanded to know 1) who” she “was seeking legal help from and 2) what” she ““wanted” as the result of” her “complaint of sexual molestation by Mr. Tejpal”.
AFP reported that the editor of the top Indian investigative news magazine -- known for its hard-hitting probes into sexual violence against women, corruption and other lawbreaking  -- faced police questioning yesterday over the allegations of sexual harassment in a case that has snowballed into a major scandal.
Police in the holiday state of Goa, where the woman was allegedly assaulted twice by Tejpal, began an inquiry Friday into the incident.
Tejpal announced Wednesday he was quitting his editorial functions at Tehelka for six months after the woman's complaint was leaked to the media.
She said the alleged assault took place inside a lift at a hotel where the magazine held a conference last month billed as India's premier intellectual event.
However, the Goa police yesterday said that the CCTV footage from the elevator, where the alleged sexual assault took place is not available with the hotel, is not available wiht the hotel -- even though they formally obtained CCTV footage of concerned parts of the hotel, which will be examined.