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Shashi Tharoor, Congress leader and MP from Thiruvananthapuram has reacted sharply to the chargesheet filed against him by the Delhi police in his two tweets . He said he intends to contest it vigorously .
1/2 I have taken note of the filing of this preposterous charge sheet &intend to contest it vigorously. No one who knew Sunanda believes she would ever have committed suicide, let alone abetment on my part. If this is conclusion arrived at after 4+ yrs of investigation, (contd.)
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 14, 2018
2/2) it does not speak well of the methods or motivations of the Delhi Police. In oct 17, the Law Officer made a statement in the DelhiHighCourt that they have not found anything against anyone & now in 6 months they say that I have abetted a suicide. unbelievable!
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 14, 2018
Earlier, the Delhi Police had finally filed its chargesheet in the death case of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of former Union minister and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.
In its chargesheet, the Delhi Police has accused Tharoor under section 306 (abetment to suicide) and section 498 A (cruelty in a marriage). The chargesheet runs into around 3000 pages.
The chargesheet includes several annexures, states that Pushkar died within three years, three months and 15 days of her marriage with Tharoor. The couple had entered into wedlock on August 22, 2010.
The police filed the chargesheet before Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmendra Singh, who will consider it on May 24.
It may be recalled that on January 17, 2014, Sunanda Pushkar was found dead under mysterious circumstances in suite no 345 of Hotel Leela Palace in New Delhi. Tharoor was then attending the AICC session.
