Will contest vigorously: Shashi Tharoor says on Delhi Police chargesheet on wife Sunanda Pushkar
New Delhi, May 14 (IBNS): Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor on Monday said he will 'contest vigorously' against the chargesheet filed by the Delhi police against him in connection with the mysterious death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.
"1/2 I have taken note of the filing of this preposterous charge sheet &intend to contest it vigorously. No one who knew Sunanda believes she would ever have committed suicide, let alone abetment on my part. If this is conclusion arrived at after 4+ yrs of investigation, (contd.)," Tharoor tweeted.
1/2 I have taken note of the filing of this preposterous charge sheet &intend to contest it vigorously. No one who knew Sunanda believes she would ever have committed suicide, let alone abetment on my part. If this is conclusion arrived at after 4+ yrs of investigation, (contd.)
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 14, 2018
"2/2) it does not speak well of the methods or motivations of the Delhi Police. In oct 17, the Law Officer made a statement in the DelhiHighCourt that they have not found anything against anyone & now in 6 months they say that I have abetted a suicide. unbelievable!," he said.
2/2) it does not speak well of the methods or motivations of the Delhi Police. In oct 17, the Law Officer made a statement in the DelhiHighCourt that they have not found anything against anyone & now in 6 months they say that I have abetted a suicide. unbelievable!
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 14, 2018
Causing upset for prominent Congress leader Sashi Tharoor, the Delhi police on Monday filed the chargesheet in connection with the mysterious death of his wife, Sunanda Patnaik, naming him as an abetter, media reports said.
The chargesheet was submitted before Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmender Singh more than four years after Pushkar was found dead in a five star hospital in Delhi.
News 18 says the chargesheet concluded that Pushkar killed herself and hence no one has been charged with murder.
However, the chargesheet under sections 498 A (husband or his relative subjecting a woman to cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code implicates tharoor for abetment.
Tharoor is mentioned in the second column as a suspect.
Pushkar was found dead in a luxury hotel room on January 17, 2014, days after being embroiled in a Twitter war with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar over the latter’s alleged closeness with Tharoor.
The initial post mortem said her death was due to poisoning. While traces of Alzolam was found in he body and a strip of the sleeping pills found in her room, the actual poison couldn't be confirmed.
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