Shashi Tharoor gets bail in Sunanda Pushkar death case
Shashi Tharoor gets bail in Sunanda Pushkar death case Anticipatory bail has been granted to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death case by the Delhi’s Patiala House Court, here on Thursday. Tharoor has been directed not to leave the country without the court's prior permission. Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted Tharoor the relief on personal bond of Rs one lakh while directing him to neither tamper with evidence. The Thiruvananthapuram MP has already been summoned as an accused on July 7 in the case. The court had summoned the Congress leader as an accused in the case on June 5, asking him to appear before it on July 7. In his plea, Tharoor had submitted that the chargesheet in the case was filed and the Special Investigation Team (SIT) had categorically stated that the probe was concluded and that his custodial interrogation was not required. The Delhi Police told the court that he should be summoned as an accused in the case, claiming that there was sufficient evidence against him. Tharoor was named in a 3,000 page chargesheet as the only accused in the Pushkar death case. She was found dead in a luxury hotel room in the city on the night of January 17, 2014. -PTC News
