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Sunanda Pushkar: India MP Shashi Tharoor's wife 'was murdered' | Sunanda Pushkar: India MP Shashi Tharoor's wife 'was murdered' |
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Police in the Indian capital Delhi say that they are treating the death of the wife of former Indian minister Shashi Tharoor as murder, nearly a year after her body was found in a hotel room. | Police in the Indian capital Delhi say that they are treating the death of the wife of former Indian minister Shashi Tharoor as murder, nearly a year after her body was found in a hotel room. |
Sunanda Pushkar's death was "not natural and was due to poisoning," Delhi police chief BS Bassi said. | Sunanda Pushkar's death was "not natural and was due to poisoning," Delhi police chief BS Bassi said. |
Initially, doctors said she might have died from an overdose of drugs. | Initially, doctors said she might have died from an overdose of drugs. |
Mr Tharoor, a Congress MP who married the former Dubai-based businesswoman in 2010, said he was stunned by the news. | |
"Needless to say I am anxious to see this case is investigated thoroughly and continue to assure the police of my full co-operation," he said in a statement. | |
"Although we never thought of any foul play in the death of my wife, we all want that a comprehensive investigation be conducted and that the unvarnished truth should come out." | |
Mr Bassi said the police had received a "final report" from the doctors saying that Ms Pushkar had been poisoned. | |
"The poison could have been administered orally or it could have been injected. To proceed further in this matter, we have decided to register a case of murder," he said. | "The poison could have been administered orally or it could have been injected. To proceed further in this matter, we have decided to register a case of murder," he said. |
Medical samples would be sent to foreign laboratories to find out out the "quantity of poison" found in Ms Pushkar's body. | Medical samples would be sent to foreign laboratories to find out out the "quantity of poison" found in Ms Pushkar's body. |
It is, however, still not clear what poison is believed to have been given to Ms Pushkar, and how she could have taken it. | |
There is also no clarity over the motive of the alleged murder. | There is also no clarity over the motive of the alleged murder. |
Asked why it had taken the police nearly a year to treat the death as murder, Mr Bassi said the doctors examining the evidence had sought "additional information" on more than one occasion, and police had provided that. | Asked why it had taken the police nearly a year to treat the death as murder, Mr Bassi said the doctors examining the evidence had sought "additional information" on more than one occasion, and police had provided that. |
Twitter controversy | |
Ms Pushkar was found dead in a five-star hotel in Delhi on 17 January last year. | Ms Pushkar was found dead in a five-star hotel in Delhi on 17 January last year. |
The couple had became embroiled in controversy over a series of Twitter messages before Ms Pushkar's death that appeared to reveal he was having an affair with a Pakistani journalist. | The couple had became embroiled in controversy over a series of Twitter messages before Ms Pushkar's death that appeared to reveal he was having an affair with a 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 has repeatedly called for a swift investigation into the case. | Mr Tharoor has repeatedly called for a swift investigation into the case. |
In his statement on Tuesday he added: "I join all members of Sunanda's family in asking for full information about the basis on which the police have come to this conclusion. | |
"We have not been provided with copies of the post-mortem report and other reports of the inquiry... We repeat our request for a copy of these reports to be provided to us immediately." | |
A former UN diplomat, the MP 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. |
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