SHOMA CHAUDHARY ,MANAGING EDITOR TEHELKA RESIGNS AMIDST UNABATED CRITICISM

NEW DELHI: Managing Editor TEHELKA Shoma Chaudhury has resigned amid unabated criticism for the way she handled a young journalist’s complaint that the magazine’s founder Tarun Tejpal had molested her at an event in Goa earlier this month.

In a letter sent at 6 am today to Tehelka colleagues, Ms Chaudhury said she did not want her integrity questioned. “Over the past week, I have been accused of an attempt to ‘cover-up’ and for not standing by my feminist positions. While I accept that I could have done many things differently and in a more measured way, I reject the allegations of a cover-up because in no way could the first actions that were taken be deemed suppression of any kind,” she wrote.

Source:Agencies