The Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday discharged Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with Sunanda Pushkar death case.
New Delhi, India, August 18 : The Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday discharged Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with Sunanda Pushkar death case.
Special Judge Geetanjali Goel pronounced the order in presence of Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa appearing on behalf of Tharoor, Additional Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava and Dr. Tharoor himself.
Tharoor thanked the Court for discharging him of all offences and said “It had been seven and half years and it was a torture. I’m so grateful.”
Pushkar was found dead in a suite of a luxury hotel in the city on the night of January 17, 2014. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, husband of Sunanda Pushkar is the main accused in the matter according to the Delhi Police.
In May 2018, Tharoor, a former union minister, who is currently on bail in the case, was charge-sheeted by Delhi Police under Sections 498-A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
