Tarun Tejpal 's self imposed vacation

Is  six months self imposed vacation sufficient punishment for sexual assault  accused Tarun Tejpal ? And can Shoma  Chowdhry  address a sexual assault an internal matter ? Does that show the face of pseudo society of our country ?

Tarun Tejpall who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman journalist on the 7th November 2013, the opening night of Tehelka’s Think festival at Goa, and was followed by the second assault the next night according to Outlook magazine, which also reports that Tejpal threatened the girl that yielding to his demands was the easiest way to keep her job.The code of watchdogs dictates that if one of us is the thief, we must pounce on him with the same ferocity as we do on others. Tarun Tejpal's alleged sexual assault must be treated the same way as Asaram's alleged rape(s).

Tarun Tejpal, the Editor-in-Chief of investigative magazine Tehelka, stepped down after allegations of sexual assault were made against him by a woman colleague. Tejpal  stepped aside from his role for a period of six months. Surprisingly Shoma Chowdhry who is often seen on television channels  debating for harsher punishment for rape accused  chose to remain silent over two weeks. Tejpal and Chaudhury both tried to keep the nature of the 'untoward/unfortunate' incident shrouded in mystery, it wasn't long before the gory details started to tumble out finally made a public statement saying she needs more time for investigation.

Shouldn't Shoma Chowdhry who was on a Newsweek list of 150 Women who Shake the World -- must have taken the charges seriously and set up a sexual harassment panel in office as per the Supreme Court's Vishakha judgement guidelines . Also as per Supreme Court's guide lines she should have reported the matter to police as it was her responsibility to do so ? Instead Chaudhury, did not confirm or deny if this was a case of alleged sexual harassment and refused to specify what the "incident" was, claiming it was "an internal matter" If we go by Shoma and the internal matter of Tehelka  then we should consider Nirbhaya Rape Case as internal matter of the transporter.  To conclude no way  Tejpal can be treated differently from others accused of having committed a crime under section 376 Indian Penal Code .He must be tried in the court and punished .

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