Panaji, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Tehelka Editor-in-Chief Tarun Tejpal surrendered before a Goa court on Monday and was subsequently taken to Central Jail at Colvale in North Goa, weeks after the Bombay High Court convicted him in a 2013 rape case and sentenced him to 10 years in prison. The development came after the Supreme Court, on August 25, directed the 62-year-old journalist to surrender within two weeks before his appeal against the conviction could be taken up for hearing. The apex court had rejected his plea seeking urgent relief and made it clear that his appeal would be considered only after he submitted a surrender certificate.

Panaji: Prison officials, including a jailor, assistant jailor and a jail guard were allegedly found smuggling cocaine, charas and ganja at the Colvale Central Jail. Records indicate that in the past seven years, authorities detected five separate instances of narcotics being smuggled into the prison.Chief minister Pramod Sawant said that jail guard Narayan Naik was found carrying two and a half packets of tobacco and two black rounded hard substances suspected to be ‘charas’.

Indian authorities have nabbed a key suspect in a massive land scam rocking Goa. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Panaji arrested Mohammed Suhail, also known as Michael, on September 22. Officials say he's the mastermind behind a syndicate that illegally grabbed numerous properties across the state. The arrest happened under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) of 2002. Suhail was already in judicial custody at Colvale Correctional Home for a separate scheduled offense.