‘Absolute years of torture’ Shashi Tharoor on Wife’s Death Case Verdict

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has been discharged by the Delhi court on Wednesday in the case related to his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death in a luxury hotel, Leela Palace in Delhi. Special Judge Geetanjali Goel passed the order in a virtual hearing.

Tharoor expressed his gratitude to the hudge and said it was absolute torture for the last seven-and-a-half years. He called the hearing a great relief. During the arguments, while police had sought framing of various charges, including 306 (abetment of suicide), senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, appearing for Tharoor, told the court that the investigation conducted by the SIT completely exonerated the politician of all the charges levelled against him.

Shashi Tharoor was charged with abetment to suicide and cruelty by the Delhi Police. However, the court refused to frame charges against Mr Tharoor and cleared him of all charges.

It was in 2014, on 17 Jan when Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a suite of a luxury hotel. The couple was staying in the hotel as the official bungalow of Tharoor was being renovated at that time. Tharoor was charged under sections 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 306 of the Indian Penal Code by the Delhi Police, but was not arrested in the case.