Sunanda Pushkar death case: Shashi Tharoor discharged by Delhi Court

Wednesday, 18 August 2021Newsdesk

A Delhi court has discharged Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who was booked under sections of subjecting a woman to cruelty and abetment to suicide in connection with the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Special Judge Geetanjali Goel pronounced the order in a virtual hearing in which Tharoor was present. As Goel discharged Tharoor, she thanked the counsel for both parties, informing them that she learnt a lot from this hearing.

New Delhi, 18 August 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, Tharoor told the court this had been “seven-and-a-half years of absolute torture”. Pushkar was found dead in a five-star hotel room in Delhi on January 17, 2014. An FIR was initially registered by the Delhi Police on January 1, 2015 against unknown persons on charges of murder. Tharoor was later booked under IPC sections 498-A (husband or his relative subjecting a woman to cruelty) and 306 (abetment to suicide). On August 31, 2019, the Delhi Police had asked a Delhi court to prosecute Tharoor for abetment to suicide or “alternatively” frame murder charges against him in connection with Pushkar’s death.

Source -indianexpress.com