Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday was discharged in the Sunanda Pushkar death case. Special judge Geetanjali Goel’s order was pronounced in presence of Tharoor, senior advocateVikas Pahwa and additional public prosecutor Atul Shrivastava.
Pushkar who had big ties in the glam industry was found dead on the evening of January 17, 2014.
Sunanda's event management firm, Expressions hosted fashion shows and model shows for product launches. Rhea Pillai, Hemant Trivedi, and even Aishwarya Rai engaged in these events.
Sunanda thought she was a trendsetter, and that her shows would become a staple in the glamour industry later. Her networking skills, which helped her land major sponsors, began to garnerher some attention in the industry.
Her death had shocked the nation and became a matter of discussion in political circles. Initially, Delhi police investigated the same as a murder, with an FIR registered under Section302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), it charged Tharoor under Sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 498A (cruelty by husband).
Shrivastava had argued that before her death, Pushkar had sustained injuries on her body, and they were reflected in the post mortem report. He submitted 27 tablets of Alprax were foundin her room, although it was not clear as to how many pills she had consumed.
Here’s the timeline of Sunanda’s death case against Shashi Tharoor.