He has been accused by the victim of molesting her twice, on November 7 and November 8, during ThinkFest, a Tehelka affiliated event also attended by Hollywood actor Robert De Niro.
Tarun Tejpal spent the second day remand taking sexual potency examination.It is mandatory for a person accused of sexual assault to undergo this test. Around 10 am, after Tejpal spent the night with a new group of inmates, Polcemen took the journalist to the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Panaji, where, apart from the potency test, he also underwent a blood test.
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Tejpal spent a good five hours at the hospital before being taken back to the Crime Branch at Dona Paula. Around 3.15pm, he was escorted to the Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour for another round of tests.
The potency test conducted on Tejpal has returned positive,” sources at the hospital said. Tejpal’s second night in jail on Sunday was spent with four poachers and his first night, he was given company by two murder accused.
Tejpal spent the night in an old Portuguese- era building, and therefore does not have a fan. On Monday, he moved a plea in the North Goa District and Sessions court to allow him a fan in his cell “ on humanitarian grounds”. But the 50- year- old journalist is likely to spend at least two more nights without a fan .
The state police force had sought his custody for 14 days but was granted only 6 days .