| Name(s) |
SUNANDA PUSHKAR |
| Date of
Birth |
June 27, 1964 |
| Date of
Death |
January 17, 2014 |
|
Identity |
Indian
businesswoman and the wife of Indian diplomat and politician
Shashi Tharoor. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- January 15, 2014
- A series of intimate messages,
supposedly sent by the Pakistani
journalist Mehr Tarar to Tharoor,
were posted on Tharoor's Twitter
account. The messages proclaimed
Tarar's love for Tharoor. Sunanda
accused Mehr of being an ISI agent.
- January 16, 2014
- A note titled as "Joint statement
by Sunanda and Shashi Tharoor" was
published on Shashi Tharoor's
Facebook page. The note stated that
the couple was happily
married, and that some
personal comments not intended for
publication had been misrepresented
after being posted to Twitter. The
note also stated that
Sunanda had been hospitalised after
being ill, and was seeking rest.
- January 17, 2014
- Sunanda was found dead
in room number 345 of the Leela
Palace hotel in Chanakyapuri, New
Delhi. An investigation has been
ordered by the Sub-Divisional
Magistrate to examine the cause of
poisoning and to ascertain if it was
murder or suicide.
- July 01, 2014 -
AIIMS doctor Sudhir Gupta claimed
that he was pressured to
give a false report in the
case.
- October 10, 2014
- the medical team probing her death
concluded that she died of
poisoning.
- January 6, 2015
- Delhi Police reported that
Sunanda was murdered and
filed FIR in the
regard.
- May 20, 2015 -
A trial court allowed Delhi Police
to conduct Lie detector test
on 3 suspects related to her death
case.
|
|
Other Events &
Developments |
She was a sales director in the
Dubai-based TECOM Investments, and a
co-owner of the India-based Rendezvous
Sports World. |
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