Shashi Tharoor: Trouble has mounted for Congress leader Shashi Tharoor as the Delhi Police moved the High Court challenging clean chit to the Thiruvananthapuram MP in the death case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Sunanda was found dead in the suite of a luxury hotel on the night of January 17, 2014.
In August 2021, a trial court had acquitted Tharoor from charges of abetment to suicide of his wife. The court had observed that no material was found against the MP nor was there any evidence that he instigated or aided her in committing suicide.
Next hearing on February 23
The Delhi Police on December 1 moved against the Congress leader and approached the High Court challenging the trial court’s order. The High Court issued notice to Tharoor on Thursday and fixed the matter for February 7, 2023.
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Shashi Tharoor’s lawyer Vikas Pahwa told the Court that during the course of trial, various orders were passed by the lower courts and HC where the records of this case must not be shared with anyone. The Delhi Police had filed chargesheet against Tharoor for offences under Section 498A (cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the IPC.
Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in her hotel room in 2014 under mysterious circumstances, and her death was earlier called a suicide.
As Tharoor’s official bungalow was being renovated, the couple were staying in the hotel.
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