Tharoor was discharged in the case in 2021, more than seven years after his wife Pushkar was found dead in a luxury hotel in Delhi.
Published Dec 01, 2022 | 2:30 PM ⚊ Updated Dec 01, 2022 | 2:30 PM
Shashi Tharoor and Sunanda Pushkar. (Twitter)
The city police on Thursday, 1 December, approached the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court’s 2021 order discharging Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death case.
Justice DK Sharma asked the counsel for the Delhi Police to supply a copy of its petition to Tharoor’s counsel, who claimed the plea was not served to him and it was “deliberately” sent to a wrong email id.
The high court also issued notice and sought a response from Tharoor on an application by police seeking to condone the delay in filing the revision petition against the trial court’s 18 August 2021 order.
It also directed that copies and documents relating to the case shall not be supplied to any other person except the parties.
The high court listed the matter for hearing on 7 February 2023.
Tharoor was discharged in the case more than seven years after businesswoman Pushkar was found dead in a luxury hotel in Delhi.
Pushkar, a prominent face in Delhi circles, was found dead in a suite of a luxury hotel on the night of 17 January 2014. The couple had been staying in the hotel as Tharoor’s official bungalow was being renovated at the time.
Tharoor was charged under the provisions of the IPC related to cruelty and abetment to suicide but was not arrested in the case.
The Congress leader’s counsel maintained that there was no evidence against him in the case.
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