Goa Police today did not rule out the possibility of slapping fresh charges in the sexual assault case against Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal. DIG Police O P Mishra at a press conference in Panaji, said that there are many things which have emerged during the course of investigation and additional charges if required, will be added in the course of action.

In Delhi, a three-member Goa police team quizzed Tehelka Managing Editor Shoma Chaudhury and three employees who had been contacted by the victim to corroborate her version. Chaudhury was questioned for around nine hours. Police seized from Tehelka office a hard disc, transcripts of emails exchanged among Tejpal, Choudhury and the victim and other documents.

The team returned to Panaji without Questioning Tejpal.

Meanwhile, the National Commission of Women, NCW, has asked the Mumbai Police to provide security to the victim while stressing that the woman journalist should come forward and put her case firmly. The victim journalist had in a statement last night suggested that she and her family were being subjected to pressure and intimidation to

protect Tejpal. The Goa police team requested the victim to join the probe and formally file a complaint.