Goa, Aug. 10 -- Tarun Tejpal's daughter, Cara Tejpal, has defended her father's innocence after the former editor was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court in a rape case dating back to 2013.

Cara said she remained convinced of her father's innocence after examining the evidence in the case over the past 13 years. She urged others to study the evidence themselves rather than forming opinions based solely on media headlines.

She also alleged that her father's conviction had been politically engineered by the BJP, claiming that the party had been repeatedly exposed during Tejpal's tenure.

The High Court's Goa bench on Thursday sentenced Tejpal to 10 years' imprisonment and directed him to surrender aft...