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Tehelka.Com Tactics Issue Rocks Parliament

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The revelation that Tehelka.com had used prostitutes in its sting operation to entrap Army officers rocked the Lok Sabha Wednesday, suspending routine proceedings and bringing Samata Party leader George Fernandes to the centrestage once again.

After several weeks of silence, in an apparently tactical move to regain his political position, the former defence minister reacted to the revelations by directing party MPs to stall the proceedings in the Lok Sabha and demand the arrest of Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal for his

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First Published: Aug 23 2001 | 12:00 AM IST

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