Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor was poisoned orally though the Investigating Officer (IO) has not ruled out injectable route too. The First Information Report (FIR) no. 4/2015 registered at Sarojini Nagar police station has categorically mentioned that “death in this case is definitely poisoning”. The autopsy board of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) now in its latest report dated 29 December, 2014, has concluded that it is not a natural death and the poisoning is through oral route, however the injectable route too also can not be ruled out. In view of this latest report a case under section 302 of IPC is made out,” stated the FIR. The Pioneer is in possession of the copy of the FIR.
Clearing the air with regard to the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor and claiming it to be a sudden unnatural death as per the statements of the AIIMS doctors who conducted the post-mortem, have clearly mentioned in the FIR that Sunanda died due to poisoning. Delhi Police which has registered a murder case against unknown persons after the latest report of the AIIMS.
The FIR states, “The autopsy board of AIIMS has now in its latest report on dated December 29, 2014 has concluded that it is not a natural death and the poisoning is through oral route, however injectable route too also can’t be ruled out. In view of this report a case of murder under Section 302 (murder) is made out”. In may be recalled that the first medical board opinion which was revealed after the post-mortem examination of Sunanda Pushkar had stated that the medical board is of the opinion that the cause of death in this case is poisoning. This statement by the doctors was enough to register a case of murder. The autopsy board gave a subsequent medical opinion in September as the cause of death due to poisoning. The viscera were positive for ethyl alcohol, caffeine and acetaminophene. The medical report had reserved the comment on specific poison/chemical since there was a certain sort of limitation on the viscera report.
A lot was said about Sunanda Pushkar’s illness when she was in Kerala before coming to Delhi and her tweets which clearly indicated that she wanted to reveal something, however the FIR states that medical documents given by the Investigating officer and the detailed post-mortem report including the history and physical examination conclude that the deceased Sunanda Pushkar was neither ‘ill’ nor had any ‘disease prior to her death’.”She was a normal and Healthy individual”, the FIR further states.
The FIR also states, “All injuries mentioned are caused by blunt force, simple in nature, non-contributing to death and are produced in scuffle, except injury number 10 which is an injection mark. Injury number 12 is a teeth bite mark. The injuries number 1 to 15 is of various duration ranging from 12 hours to 4 days.”
“The case requires a thorough investigation in the light of Sunanda Pushkar being killed by poisoning. The motive has to be ascertained and the identity of the person who wanted her to be bumped off also needs to be established. The SIT will summon all those whose interrogation was required to solve the mystery behind the cold-blooded murder of Sunanda Pushkar, said a Delhi Police official.