Tehelka’s Tarun Tejpal hails from Hisar in Haryana. His mother runs a school there and his father is a retired army officer, who has a compensation case with an army officer’s against him. Tarun’s wife, too, is associated with journalism. Sources reveal that this matter is only going to gather more steam because the woman who was allegedly molested was also told by Tejpal that this was the way to move forward in life, get promotions and earn money.