TDK and one of the junior Commissioners of Delhi Police had discussed the Sunanda police probe around January 21st of 2014.Why? SIT must ask| Saturday , January 10 , 2015 |
Subramanian Swamy TDK and one of the junior Commissioners of Delhi Police had discussed the Sunanda police probe around January 21st of 2014.Why? SIT must ask
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Sunanda spoke of 'dangerous' players
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Shashi Tharoor prays at the Guruvayur temple on Friday; Sunanda Pushkar (PTI)Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 9: Shashi Tharoor today broke his silence on wife Sunanda Pushkar's death, saying he was "troubled by the conclusion" that she was murdered and promising to co-operate with police investigations.
Addressing mediapersons at an ayurveda centre in Kerala's Guruvayur where he was under treatment, the Congress MP said he had been "completely taken aback" by Delhi police filing a murder case.
"Because none of us in the family had any reason to believe that any foul play would have been involved in her passing. Everyone loved her deeply. There's no question of anyone having access to her having any reason to do her any harm," he said.
Denying his silence in the matter was "sinister" as some sections of the media had been claiming over the last few days, he said it was only to ensure that the police inquiry was not undermined.
"I have been silent not only for these four days... I have been silent the whole year. And the reason... is very simple.... That when there is a police inquiry going on, it is my duty to not undermine or compromise their inquiry... through anything I would say in public," he said.
"Because public discussion of matters... in the police realm is actually an insult to police procedure.... I have been very, very silent on this issue, saying let the police do their work. And I want to stress that is going to be my position."
Tharoor said he wasn't interested in engaging in public debate for the sake of TRPs. "That is not my interest. My interest as a bereaved husband is to find out what happened, in the view of the police, to my wife, why it happened, on what basis they have come to this conclusion... anything that I can do and my staff and Sunanda's staff can do to help them to solve this issue, we will do."
Tharoor said he was concerned at the way the inquiry was being conducted. "I had a number of questions in my mind... and had... written at some length to the police commissioner... raising these issues, which I hope will engage his personal attention and will be discussed with his investigating officers.
"Because I think it's very important that a matter... which has become an object of so much public attention and... unnecessary public controversy based for the most part on misinformation... be done professionally, without any political pressure... without any predetermined outcome. There should be a fair inquiry."
Tharoor said he had "gone through a great deal" since Sunanda's death. "I had actually come here a few months ago unable to stay all right and... they said I must come for a minimum two weeks because that's the necessary course to undergo ayurvedic treatment....
"So as scheduled I came, as scheduled I'm leaving," he said, refusing to take any questions.
The IPL link
Writer Shobhaa De today told news channel Times Now that Sunanda had spoken to her a few months before she died, convinced she was "seriously sick and dying". She also talked "about her own safety" and "all the information she was privy to", De said.
Asked what kind of information Sunanda referring to, De said she had clearly mentioned that "she has been made a scapegoat" and "manipulated" into claiming she owned equity in the Kochi IPL team.
Sunanda didn't speak up, De said, because "his (Tharoor) political career would be jeopardised and I didn't want anything to get jeopardised".
"She willingly fronted for him because she didn't want him to get into trouble... she also said she was privy to a whole lot of information that would have incriminated him because the players involved were people who were pretty dangerous," De said.
Cops revisit suite
A Delhi police team today visited the Leela Palace hotel suite number 345, sealed since Sunanda was found dead in it on January 17 last year.
"Our team went to the crime spot again today and tried to re-create the incident," a senior police officer said. The team also collected some forensic samples.
The police again questioned Tharoor's driver today and two others. Sunil Trakru, a family friend whose name was mentioned by Tharoor's domestic help Narayan Singh last November, was also questioned.
The police said Singh, questioned again yesterday, told them the couple had a fight the day before Sunanda was found dead and a woman named "Kaitie" figured in their arguments.
Additional reporting by Our Special Correspondent in Delhi
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  Shashi Tharoor prays at the Guruvayur temple on Friday; Sunanda Pushkar (PTI) Addressing mediapersons at an ayurveda centre in Kerala's Guruvayur where he was under treatment, the Congress MP said he had been "completely taken aback" by Delhi police filing a murder case. "Because none of us in the family had any reason to believe that any foul play would have been involved in her passing. Everyone loved her deeply. There's no question of anyone having access to her having any reason to do her any harm," he said. Denying his silence in the matter was "sinister" as some sections of the media had been claiming over the last few days, he said it was only to ensure that the police inquiry was not undermined. "I have been silent not only for these four days... I have been silent the whole year. And the reason... is very simple.... That when there is a police inquiry going on, it is my duty to not undermine or compromise their inquiry... through anything I would say in public," he said. "Because public discussion of matters... in the police realm is actually an insult to police procedure.... I have been very, very silent on this issue, saying let the police do their work. And I want to stress that is going to be my position." Tharoor said he wasn't interested in engaging in public debate for the sake of TRPs. "That is not my interest. My interest as a bereaved husband is to find out what happened, in the view of the police, to my wife, why it happened, on what basis they have come to this conclusion... anything that I can do and my staff and Sunanda's staff can do to help them to solve this issue, we will do." Tharoor said he was concerned at the way the inquiry was being conducted. "I had a number of questions in my mind... and had... written at some length to the police commissioner... raising these issues, which I hope will engage his personal attention and will be discussed with his investigating officers. "Because I think it's very important that a matter... which has become an object of so much public attention and... unnecessary public controversy based for the most part on misinformation... be done professionally, without any political pressure... without any predetermined outcome. There should be a fair inquiry." Tharoor said he had "gone through a great deal" since Sunanda's death. "I had actually come here a few months ago unable to stay all right and... they said I must come for a minimum two weeks because that's the necessary course to undergo ayurvedic treatment.... "So as scheduled I came, as scheduled I'm leaving," he said, refusing to take any questions. The IPL link Writer Shobhaa De today told news channel Times Now that Sunanda had spoken to her a few months before she died, convinced she was "seriously sick and dying". She also talked "about her own safety" and "all the information she was privy to", De said. Asked what kind of information Sunanda referring to, De said she had clearly mentioned that "she has been made a scapegoat" and "manipulated" into claiming she owned equity in the Kochi IPL team. Sunanda didn't speak up, De said, because "his (Tharoor) political career would be jeopardised and I didn't want anything to get jeopardised". "She willingly fronted for him because she didn't want him to get into trouble... she also said she was privy to a whole lot of information that would have incriminated him because the players involved were people who were pretty dangerous," De said. Cops revisit suite A Delhi police team today visited the Leela Palace hotel suite number 345, sealed since Sunanda was found dead in it on January 17 last year. "Our team went to the crime spot again today and tried to re-create the incident," a senior police officer said. The team also collected some forensic samples. The police again questioned Tharoor's driver today and two others. Sunil Trakru, a family friend whose name was mentioned by Tharoor's domestic help Narayan Singh last November, was also questioned. The police said Singh, questioned again yesterday, told them the couple had a fight the day before Sunanda was found dead and a woman named "Kaitie" figured in their arguments. Additional reporting by Our Special Correspondent in Delhi |
Plot thickens: Mystery man, Katy crop up in Sunanda Pushkar murder case
Friday, 09 January 2015 10:23 AM
New Delhi: The Sunanda Pushkar case has taken a new turn, Shashi Tharoor's domestic help Narain has reportedly told the cops that one 'Sunil sahab' was with Sunanda at Hotel Leela Palace two days before her death. According to him, he helped her tweet and copy some messages. However, this individual's identity could not be established by TOI.
Sunanda Pushkar Shashi Tharoor take part in their wedding ceremony. (Photo: AFP)
Along with that Narain had also claimed that Sunanda and Shashi Tharoor used to fight over a lady named Katy.
Narain added that Sunanda rang up Tharoor and told him that he was "finished" as she had disclosed everything to the media, according to his statement given to the police in Hindi that was accessed by TOI. The statement doesn't say what she may have been referring to.
Narain, who was closest to the couple in the days preceding Sunanda's death, has emerged as a key figure in the investigations. On Thursday, he was called by the SIT from his home in Himachal Pradesh for questioning.
Narain, who was interrogated extensively in the first week of November, has given a detailed account of the chain of events on January 16 and 17, the day Sunanda died. He also recalled a fight between the couple in Dubai.
"I have been working with sahab (Tharoor) since October 22, 2010. My work is to cook meals for madam (Sunanda) and sahab and iron clothes besides other chores. For the past one year (before Sunanda's death), there were frequent fights between madam and sahab. Last year in December, I had gone to Dubai and sahab and madam came later. There, I witnessed the first big fight between the two; I don't know the reason. Madam had hit sahab and he was hurt. Madam told sahab that 'you don't care for me even when I am unwell and have been glued to your phone," he said.
Recalling the incidents of January 15, Narain mentioned a fight and the events that followed it. "Madam kamra number 307 me sunil sahib ke saath jaa kar saahab ke phone par twitter karne lagi aur copy karne lagi (Madam went to (room no.) 307 with Sunil sahab and started tweeting on sahab's phone and copying stuff from there). “Raatko madam ne sahib ko phone pe kaha 'Tharoor sahib aap khatam hogaye, maine media ko sab bata diya hai' (At night the madam rang up sahib and said that “Tharoor sahib you are finished, I have spilled the beans in front of the media”)"
Initially Sunanda was staying in room number 307 of Leela Hotel.
He said that later two friends of Sunanda and the mysterious 'Sunil sahib' came over. "Sahab came on Jan 16 and asked me to switch on the TV. I was not feeling well and I went home. Later, when I came back, I found that they had shifted to room no. 345 and madam was not taking calls," he told the cops.
"Madam asked me to call sahab, and when sahab didn't answer, she asked me to send Bajrangi (the other help) home. At that time, Tharoor was at their home at Lodhi Estate. Later, when madam called sahab, he said he was packing for his Jaipur trip and that he would be back. He returned around 12.30 am. After that madam and sahab fought till 4.30am. In the morning, between 4.30 am and 5, madam was speaking to someone on the phone. They fought till 6.30am (January 17) and sahab went to the other room," Narain told the cops.
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Mystery Woman Caused Fights In Tharoor Household, Domestic Help Tells Delhi Police
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A mystery woman, Katy, figures in the list of the people the Delhi police might summon for questioning in the Sunanda Pushkar murder case, the Times of Indiareported. The report said Katy was often the cause of fights between Sunanda and her politician husband Tharoor in Dubai and elsewhere.
The Delhi Police will be questioning about 15 people in connection with the death, including Katy whose name was mentioned by Tharoor’s domestic help Narain during police questioning. Her identity could not be confirmed. The TOI report late last night said an employee of the Leela Palace Hotel, who had quit soon after the incident, is also likely to be questioned.
Rakesh Sharma, a family friend, the report said, is on the list as well. Sharma took Narain from the hotel to Tharoor's house and apparently stopped him from disturbing Sunanda who Sharma said “was sleeping”, according to the report.
Meanwhile, Congress MP and former Union minister Tharoor said he was troubled with the conclusion arrived at during the investigation of his wife. He demanded an impartial and speedy investigation without any political pressure, IBNLive reported.
"I have been taken aback as there is no foul play in her passing away. I have been silent on this issue for the whole year. It is my duty to not undermine the enquiry," Tharoor said.
He said he has remained silent over the issue for a year as he wants to let the police to do their work. "I have been very silent the issue. We are very troubled by the conclusion. I have a number of questions on the kind of enquiry is going on. I have written to Police Commissioner on the whole issue," he said.
Delhi Police, which has registered a case of murder in the death of Sunanda Pushkar, is planning to question Mehr Tarar, the Pakistani journalist over whom she fought with her husband Shashi Tharoor before her mysterious death last year, PTI reported. A questionnaire is being prepared which will be sent to her via email and replies will be sought, police sources associated with the investigation said today.
"If they want to ask me anything...If they want to ask me any question whatsoever that they think...I can answer," 46-year-old Tarar told an Indian TV channel.
Sunanda had a visitor in her room at the Leela Hotel two days before her death and had fought with her husband through the night, according to a news report.
The Times of India claims to have accessed a statement made to Delhi police by the couple's domestic help Narayan Singh. The report says that Sunanda called Tharoor on the phone and told him he was finished, as she had made disclosures to the media. There was no indication of what she might have been referring to.
The report also said Singh told investigators that Pushkar had a visitor called Sunil and that he helped Pushkar copy some messages and tweet from her phone. A couple of days before her death, some personal tweets on Shashi Tharoor's timeline were presumably posted by her. The content of those tweets was messages sent to Tharoor from Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar.
According to this report, Singh said Pushkar argued with Tharoor often, and once had a physical fight in Dubai where Tharoor's foot was injured. The day before she died, they had a long argument until early morning. Singh claims to have worked for Tharoor since October 22, 2010.
Tharoor is at an ayurvedic hospital in Kerala, for treatment related to problems in his shoulder. The Delhi police have said they are going to question him, and he might be in Delhi in a couple of days.
Delhi Police took its time, almost a year, to register a case of murder in connection with Pushkar's death. New details on the case have been emerging since that time, after investigators questioned Singh two days ago. A medical report had concluded last year that her death was unnatural and due to poisoning.
Pushkar had publicly accused Tharoor of infidelity and the resulting scandal had unfolded on Twitter after her tweets. The controversy was raging when she suddenly died last January at the age of 52. Tharoor, who in the past has been minister of state for external affairs and a top official at the United Nations, has maintained that Pushkar died of natural causes.
On Wednesday night, Tharoor's staff received a notice from police asking Singh to join the probe. "Narayan was in Himachal Pradesh. He came here today (Thursday) morning and left for the police station," a staff member at Tharoor's residence here told IANS. Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi said they had not sent any legal notice to Tharoor to join the probe yet.
Tharoor, in a letter to Bassi dated Nov 12, had accused the Delhi Police of trying to implaicate him and Singh in the murder of his wife. Tharoor said Delhi Police officers interrogated Singh for 16 hours Nov 7 and for 14 hours Nov 8.
The first FIR (first information report) in the death of Pushkar suggests that she sustained multiple physical injuries for upto four days before her death. It is unclear how she received these injuries, though at least one of them is a teeth bite mark, while another is an injection mark, according to the police report which was registered on January 1 this year, nearly a year after she was found dead in a Delhi hotel room.
According to the FIR, the first official document that reveals the full sequence of events in the case, the Sarojini Nagar police received a call around 9 pm on January 17, 2014, from Shashi Tharoor's secretary Abhinav Kumar, saying that Pushkar had "done something" in Hotel Leela Palace's room number 345. When the police staff rushed to the spot, they found her dead in the bedroom of the hotel suite. Tharoor, a former United Nations diplomat, was at the time the union human resources development minister and is currently a member of Parliament.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Pushkar had checked into the hotel on January 15 at 5.48 pm. Since Pushkar had been married to Tharoor for less than seven years, the Vasant Vihar subdivisional magistrate (SDM) Alok Sharma was notified, who inspected the bedroom and ordered inquest proceedings. As per Indian law, if a woman dies within seven years of her marriage, an inquest must be conducted. It is a provision meant to protect women from harassment over dowry.
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