<p>Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal, arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman journalist, today underwent a potency test which came out positive.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Officials at Goa Medical College, where he was brought for the potency test that is mandatory in sexual assault cases, said that the examination fetched positive result.<br /><br />50-year Tejpal was subjected to various other tests, including blood test, at the college's forensic department near here.<br /><br />He was medically examined for five hours in the morning and later brought again at 3.15 PM for further tests, sources said.<br /><br />Goa Medical College Dean VN Jindal said that the tests were conducted as per the requirement of the investigation agency. He, however, refused to disclose the results of the test.<br /><br />Tejpal was arrested on Saturday by crime branch after his anticipatory bail petition was rejected by sessions court. He was yesterday remanded in six-day police custody by a court here after which Crime Branch officials grilled him for over five hours.<br /><br />A woman journalist, who was employed with Tehelka, had accused Tejpal of sexually assaulting her twice on November 7 and 8 in a lift in a five-star hotel in Goa.<br /><br />He has been booked under Sections 354A (outraging the modesty of a woman) and 376 (2)(K) (custodial rape) of IPC.</p>
<p>Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal, arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman journalist, today underwent a potency test which came out positive.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Officials at Goa Medical College, where he was brought for the potency test that is mandatory in sexual assault cases, said that the examination fetched positive result.<br /><br />50-year Tejpal was subjected to various other tests, including blood test, at the college's forensic department near here.<br /><br />He was medically examined for five hours in the morning and later brought again at 3.15 PM for further tests, sources said.<br /><br />Goa Medical College Dean VN Jindal said that the tests were conducted as per the requirement of the investigation agency. He, however, refused to disclose the results of the test.<br /><br />Tejpal was arrested on Saturday by crime branch after his anticipatory bail petition was rejected by sessions court. He was yesterday remanded in six-day police custody by a court here after which Crime Branch officials grilled him for over five hours.<br /><br />A woman journalist, who was employed with Tehelka, had accused Tejpal of sexually assaulting her twice on November 7 and 8 in a lift in a five-star hotel in Goa.<br /><br />He has been booked under Sections 354A (outraging the modesty of a woman) and 376 (2)(K) (custodial rape) of IPC.</p>