Latest News from India - BJP workers protest outside Shoma Chaudhury's house

divspan class=BodyText readability=10New Delhi: BJP workers today protestedbr / outside the residence of Tehelka's former Managing Editorbr / Shoma Chaudhury, demanding her immediate arrest for allegedlybr / trying to cover up sexual harassment complaint filed againstbr / the magazine's Editor Tarun Tejpal by a woman journalist.p Raising slogans against Chaudhury and Tejpal, scores ofbr / BJP workers held demonstration outside her Saket residence inbr / South Delhi./pp The protesters said she had failed to take correctivebr / measures in the sexual assault case and demanded her immediatebr / arrest./pp Senior BJP leader Vijay Jolly said, 'My head hangs inbr / shame. She (Chaudhury) did not stand up in support of herbr / woman colleague and for the past one week she has been tryingbr / to suppress the complaint and facts in the case.'/pp 'It was least expected from her to report the matter tobr / police immediately. She should have also asked Tejpal tobr / submit himself to the law of the land. He should have appearedbr / in the police station and have the guts of accepting that hebr / is guilty and submitting to the law. None of this happened,'br / Jolly said./pp Chaudhury resigned early this morning from Tehelka,br / even as Goa police appeared to be closing in on Tejpal who hasbr / to appear before it by 3 PM today./pp There is speculation that Chaudhury may also be named inbr / the FIR for certain acts of commission and omission after thebr / alleged offence became public. /p/span/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center