Sunanda Pushkar was suffering from mental agony, Delhi Police tells court

New Delhi: The Delhi police on Tuesday told a city court that the cause of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death was poisoning, according to the post-mortem.  The probe agency told special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar that 15 injury marks were found on various parts of Pushkar’s body — forearm, arms, leg, etc.

On January 17, 2014, Sunanda Pushkar (51) was found dead in her suite at a five-star hotel in Delhi.

Arguing on the framing of charges against Shashi Tharoor in connection with the death of his wife, Special Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava told the court that Pushkar was upset and suffering from mental agony due to the scuffle between the couple.