Tharoor is charged in wife’s death
new delhi — The Delhi Police on Monday filed a chargesheet in a court here accusing Congress leader Shashi Tharoor of abetting the suicide of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Tharoor is the only person who has been arrayed as an accused in the case. The police
new delhi — Charismatic Indian opposition figure Shashi Tharoor was charged on Monday over the death of his wife, reigniting a mystery that shook the country’s establishment.
The former UN official is accused of cruelty towards his wife Sunanda Pushkar and abetting her suicide in a five-star hotel room in 2014.
Delhi Police said on Twitter they had now amassed enough forensic and other evidence to pursue the high-profile Congress party politician in court.
Tharoor has denied any involvement in Sunanda’s death, calling the charges “preposterous” and vowing to fight “vigorously” against the allegations.
Sunanda was found dead two days after publicly accusing Tharoor, who served as undersecretary-general to Kofi Annan at the UN, of having an affair with a Pakistani journalist. She had been taking medication for various illnesses and early autopsy results suggested she may have overdosed on antidepressants and sleeping pills. —
several annexures, said that Pushkar died within three years, three months and 15 days of her marriage with Tharoor, who is the Lok Sabha MP from Trivandrum.
The couple had entered into wedlock on August 22, 2010.
Pushkar was found dead in the suite of the South Delhi hotel on January 17, 2014. The suite was sealed that night itself for investigation. An FIR was registered by Delhi Police on January 1, 2015 against unknown persons under IPC section 302 (murder).