Delhi High Court rejects PIL seeking CBI probe into Sunanda Pushkar’s death case

11 Feb, New Delhi

he Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a PIL seeking CBI probe into the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor. Sunanda was found dead in a hotel in south Delhi in January last year in mysterious circumstances.

Based on the final report from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, the Delhi police had said that Sunanda died due to poisoning and registered a murder case.

Police has questioned Tharoor and their son Shiv Menon in the case. It will again question Tharoor tomorrow. Talking to reporters in Delhi today, Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi said that police needed to obtain some clarifications from him.