Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi said on Thursday that they have questioned a number of people in connection with the Sunanda Pushkar case. The remaining ones will be summoned for questioning in the coming days. Probe will be completed soon as it is handled by senior police officers. “SIT investigation in the case is on in full swing and I would like to tell you that all those people who are relevant to us in this case, many of them have been questioned. The remaining people will be called in the next couple of days,” he told reporters on Thursday.
Bassi however, did not reveal the exact number of people who have been questioned in this regard so far. When specifically asked whether former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor will be questioned in the next two to three days, the Police Commissioner said, “I would not like to name anybody in particular, all those relevant to the case will be called in the next couple of days”.
“I cannot give you the precise information at this moment because there are certain methodologies, which take time. It is possible that we call a person more than once because at times we confront people with evidence (which is) available to us so that if there is some clarification, it may be sought,” he said. Her viscera samples have to be sent to a foreign lab to determine the nature and quantity of the poison, which caused her death.
“We are working to send the exhibits abroad as soon as possible… In the next two days, a definitive decision over where the viscera will be sent will be taken,” he said. Bassi also exerted that they would like to complete the questioning of all the people in this case as soon as possible. Asked whether police has come across any contradictions of the statements so far, he said that as far as contradictions are concerned, “we would examine it when our investigation is complete. These things are seen when we draw conclusions.”
When asked about BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s tweet claiming that there is confusion over which room of the five-star hotel was Sunanda found dead, whether room no. 307 or 345, Bassi said initially tried to duck the question but when further prodded, he said, “I would not be able to share exact details with you.”
Asked when investigation in the case would be completed, he said, “We would like to complete it soon. We would like to wrap it up under the time given under law.” Fifty one-year-old Sunanda was found dead at a suite in five-star hotel in South Delhi on the night of January 17, 2014, a day after her spat with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar on Twitter over her alleged affair with Tharoor.