Indian editor faces police questioning over sex assault charges


New Delhi (AFP) - The editor of a top Indian investigative news magazine faced police questioning Saturday over allegations that he sexually assaulted a young woman colleague in a case that has snowballed into a major scandal.

In this photograph taken on September 16, 2011 Indian founder and editor of Tehelka magazine, Tarun Tejpal talks to an audience during the Kathmandu Literary Jatra in Kathmandu

The allegations hit the headlines due to the prominence of Tarun Tejpal, 50, the founder and editor of the magazine, Tehelka, known for its hard-hitting probes into sexual violence against women, corruption and other lawbreaking.

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