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A special court in Delhi on Wednesday discharged Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in the case involving the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar saying "there were no charges against" the senior politician. The order comes as a relief for Tharoor against whom the prosecution had pressed charges of abetment to suicide and cruelty and alternatively for murder.
Responding to the verdict, Tharoor said it is an "absolute torture for seven-and-a-half years", reported Bar & Bench.
पुष्कर की मौत के बाद उनके पति शशि थरूर पर उनका मानसिक उत्पीड़न करने और हत्या के लिए उकसाने का आरोप लगा। इसके बाद दिल्ली पुलिस ने इस मामले में शशि थरूर के खिलाफ मामला दर्ज किया था। इस मामले में पाकिस्तानी पत्रकार मेहर तरार का नाम भी सामने आया था।
The court
had reserved orders in April this year. It was submitted by Tharoor that there
is no conclusive cause of death and that even suicide is not established in the
case. Further, it was also submitted that statements of family members of the
deceased and other witnesses suggested no mistreatment by him to Pushkar.
Sunanda
Pushkar was found dead in a luxury hotel in Delhi in January 2014. Tharoor was
a minister in the UPA government at the time, and the couple was staying at the
hotel as their official residence was being renovated. Tharoor was charged
under sections 498A and 306 of the Indian Penal Code by Delhi Police, but was
not arrested in the case. Tharoor was granted bail in the case in July 2018.
