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| India investigation ordered into death of Shashi Tharoor's wife | India investigation ordered into death of Shashi Tharoor's wife |
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| A magistrate in Delhi has ordered a investigation into the death of the wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor. | |
| Doctors said on Tuesday that the death of Sunanda Pushkar, who was found in a hotel room on Friday, may have been caused by an overdose of drugs. | Doctors said on Tuesday that the death of Sunanda Pushkar, who was found in a hotel room on Friday, may have been caused by an overdose of drugs. |
| Magistrate Alok Sharma directed police to investigate whether the overdose was deliberate or accidental. | Magistrate Alok Sharma directed police to investigate whether the overdose was deliberate or accidental. |
| The couple became embroiled in a row last week after Twitter messages suggested he was having an affair. | The couple became embroiled in a row last week after Twitter messages suggested he was having an affair. |
| Magistrate Sharma told the Indo-Asian News Service news agency that he had ordered the inquiry into Ms Pushkar's death after going through the findings of the autopsy report. | |
| "The post-mortem report reveals that she died due to [drug] poison. But it will be too early to say before her viscera report if she had consumed poison, or the drug consumed by her acted as poison," Mr Sharma said. | "The post-mortem report reveals that she died due to [drug] poison. But it will be too early to say before her viscera report if she had consumed poison, or the drug consumed by her acted as poison," Mr Sharma said. |
| Mr Sharma declined to reveal the full findings of the autopsy, but doctors have said that the "preliminary report shows there was drug overdose". | Mr Sharma declined to reveal the full findings of the autopsy, but doctors have said that the "preliminary report shows there was drug overdose". |
| The autopsy also found "injury marks" on Ms Pushkar's body, but did not say if they were linked to her death. | The autopsy also found "injury marks" on Ms Pushkar's body, but did not say if they were linked to her death. |
| A public row broke out last week when seemingly private messages between Mr Tharoor and Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar were published on his Twitter feed. | A public row broke out last week 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, accusing Ms Tarar of stalking her husband - an allegation denied by the Pakistani journalist. | Ms Pushkar, 52, said she had gone into her husband's account and published the messages, accusing 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. | 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. |
| He was appointed minister of state for human resource development in 2012. | He was appointed minister of state for human resource development in 2012. |