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Shashi Tharoor wife died 'unnatural death' | Shashi Tharoor wife died 'unnatural death' |
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The wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, found dead in a Delhi hotel room on Friday, died a "sudden and unnatural death", an autopsy has found. | The wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, found dead in a Delhi hotel room on Friday, died a "sudden and unnatural death", an autopsy has found. |
Doctors said there were "injury marks" on Sunanda Pushkar's body, but did not say if they were linked to her death. | |
Mr Tharoor, who was earlier admitted to hospital with chest pains, took his wife's body away for cremation. | Mr Tharoor, who was earlier admitted to hospital with chest pains, took his wife's body away for cremation. |
The couple became embroiled in a row on Wednesday after Twitter messages suggested he was having an affair. | |
Dr Sudhir Kumar Gupta, one of the three medical staff who carried out the post-mortem examination, said full results would be released in the next two days. | |
"There were certain injury marks on the body of Sunanda Pushkar, but the nature of these cannot be revealed," he said. | |
Dr Gupta added that initial results showed no sign of poison in her body, but more tests would be carried out. | |
Mr Tharoor's aide, Abhinav Kumar, had earlier told reporters that Ms Pushkar had appeared to be asleep. | |
"There were no signs of any foul play or any struggle. She had no sign of poisoning or anything," he said. | "There were no signs of any foul play or any struggle. She had no sign of poisoning or anything," he said. |
A public row broke out on Wednesday when seemingly private messages between Mr Tharoor and Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar were published on his Twitter feed. | |
Ms Pushkar, 52, said she had gone into her husband's account and published the messages. | |
She accused Ms Tarar of stalking her husband - an allegation denied by the Pakistani journalist. | |
Ms Pushkar and Mr Tharoor later insisted they were happily married and blamed "unauthorised tweets" for causing confusion. | |
Mr Tharoor, a former UN diplomat, was forced to resign from his first ministerial position in 2010 amid controversy over his involvement in bidding for a cricket team. | Mr Tharoor, a former UN diplomat, was forced to resign from his first ministerial position in 2010 amid controversy over his involvement in bidding for a cricket team. |
Ms Pushkar had allegedly received a free stake in the Indian Premier League franchise he was bidding for. | Ms Pushkar had allegedly received a free stake in the Indian Premier League franchise he was bidding for. |
He was appointed minister of state for human resource development in 2012. | He was appointed minister of state for human resource development in 2012. |