Goemkaponn Desk
MAPUSA: Former Editor of Tehelka, Tarun Tejpal said today has thanked the court of Rigorous, impartial and fate trial.
He also said that Late Rajeev Gomes fought his case harder to reclaim his life and reputation.
“Seldom does a long-fought for vindication arrive hand-in-hand with profound heartbreak. Last week my trial lawyer, Rajiv Gomes, died of Covid. Dynamic and brilliant, at 47 he was on the brink of a scintillating career as a criminal lawyer at the national level.” said Tejpal in a statement
He said that no person (Gomes) fought harder, and with greater skill, to reclaim my life and reputation.
“Rajiv used to say to me, ‘I enjoy money but I don’t work for it. I believe god put me on earth to fight for the innocent.” Tejpal said
“As a family we owe Rajiv Gomes a profound and permanent debt. And we grieve alongside his wife Cheryl and his young son Sean. No client can ever hope for a better lawyer than Rajiv. The ever struggling wheel of justice has lost a solid spoke,” he said.
He said that in November 2013 he was falsely accused of sexual assault by a colleague and today the Trial Court of Additional Sessions Judge Kshama Joshi, in Goa, has honourably acquitted me. In an awfully vitiated age, where ordinary courage has become rare, I thank her for standing by the truth.
He said, “In the past seven-and-a-half years have been traumatic for my family as we have dealt with the catastrophic fallout of these false allegations on every aspect of our personal, professional and public lives.
“We have felt the boot of the state, but through it all we have co-operated fully with the Goa police and the legal system, through hundreds of court proceedings. We have unwaveringly followed every mandate of due procedure and abided by every principle of law as laid down in the Constitution.” Tejpal
“It is with profound respect that I thank this court for its rigorous, impartial and fair trial and for its thorough examination of the CCTV footage and other empirical material on record,” Tejpal added
He said that he doesn’t want to make further statement at this time and request my family’s privacy be respected, as we try and reclaim our broken lives.
