Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Shashi Tharoor Cries Foul In Sunanda Pushkar Murder Case, Says He's Being Framed

In his letter, written to Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi on 12 November, Sahshi Throor urged the police chief that he should take stern action against the officers who are trying to frame him in the murder of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. The letter is now doing rounds in the media

Tharoor has accused four Delhi Police officers of interrogating his domestic help Narayan Singh twice last month; on November 7 for 16 hours and on November 8 for 14 long hours. On both the occasions, the guy was badly assaulted by one of the officers.

"Worse, that officer used the traumatic physical assault to try and intimidate Narayan into 'confessing' that he and I murdered my wife," the former minister and current Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram said.

Shashi Tharoor Cries Foul In Sunanda Pushkar Murder Case

He also mentioned that he let the Police Chief know about his concerns. "As you graciously agreed, such conduct is completely unacceptable and illegal. It also amounts to the use of physical coercion in the attempt to frame an innocent man. I would request you to take immediate and appropriate action against such unlawful misconduct of the officer concerned," he wrote.

Further in the letter he wrote, "My staff and I have always made ourselves available for any kind of inquiry and investigation but the recent behavior of the officers towards my staff is a matter of serious concern to any law abiding citizen. Please look into the matter personally and ensure that the unvarnished truth comes out in this case."

The politician has accepted that the he had complete trust in Delhi police and will cooperate with the investigation to make sure the timely completion of the case.

The written communication became public a day after the announcement by the Delhi Police that Pushkar did not die a natural death, she was poisoned. The Police Commissioner informed the media that this was the conclusion drawn from the medical report issued by AIIMS, which conducted the post-mortem of Pushkar.      


Sunanda Pushkar, 52, was found dead in a suspicious condition in a seven star hotel room on January 17 last year. Tharoor was the minister in the UPA government, his proximity with the Gandhi family is also not a secret.

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