NEW DELHI: Special Judge Geetanjali Goel of Delhi court on Wednesday exonerated Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in a case related to his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death in a luxury hotel on January 17, 2014.
During the arguments, while police had sought framing of various charges, including 306 (abetment of suicide), senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, appearing for Tharoor, told the court that the investigation conducted by the SIT completely exonerated the politician of all the charges levelled against him.
Pushkar was found dead in a suite of a luxury hotel in the city on the night of January 17, 2014. The couple was staying in the hotel as the official bungalow of Tharoor was being renovated at the time.
Tharoor was charged under Sections 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 306 of the Indian Penal Code by Delhi Police, but was not arrested in the case by Delhi Police and was granted bail on July 5, 2018 almost four years after the death of his spouse in Delhi luxurious hotel.