Sunanda Pushkar case: Abetment to suicide, cruelty charges against Shashi Tharoor
01:58PM Mon 14 May, 2018
Delhi Police on Monday filed charges in the death of Sunanda Pushkar and named her widower Shashi Tharoor, a Congress member of Parliament, as one of the accused.
The charges were filed in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmender Singh under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections of husband or his relative subjecting a woman to cruelty and abetment of suicide.
Tharoor responded in two tweets to the charge:
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
Pushkar was found dead in a luxury hotel room in New Delhi on January 17, 2014. The Supreme Court on Friday was told by the Delhi Police's special investigation team (SIT) nearly one month prior that after "thorough professional and scientific investigations", it has prepared a draft final report into the death of Sunanda Pushkar. An affidavit had been filed on a plea filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into Pushkar's death.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
Source: IANS