Summoned by Goa police, Tarun Tejpal, will fly to Goa by an afternoon flight to face questioning and possible arrest in the case of alleged sexual assault by him of a woman colleague.

Accompanied by his wife Geetam Batra and one of his daughters and brother, former Editor of Tehelka magazine arrived at the airport to take a 2:30 p.m. flight to Panaji.

“I got summons. So I am heading to Goa,” Tejpal, who put up a faint smile, told reporters in a terse reply to questions.

Before getting into the departure hall with his wife for check-in, a tensed Tejpal hugged his daughter for some moment.

Earlier in the day, he got a short respite when the Sessions Court in Panaji barred his arrest till 2:30 p.m. when the court may give his final order on the anticipatory bail application moved by his lawyers.

At the crack of dawn, a Goa police team went to his house for arresting him but returned empty handed as he was not there.

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