SDM to record Tharoor’s statement on Monday
A drug overdose could be a possible cause of the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, whose statement will be recorded on Monday by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM). The Magistrate is likely to record the statement of Tharoor on Monday. While the final autopsy report will be available in a “couple of days”, police sources also said that it could be a case of drug
overdose. However, a final picture would emerge only after toxicological analysis and a complete visco-pathological examination.
Alok Sharma, the SDM probing the sensation death, told PTI that statements of Sunanda’s son and brother had been recorded and also that of two servants of the Tharoors. Asked when he would record Tharoor’s statement, he said he was initially planning to do so on Sunday but had been informed that the Minister and the family were going to Haridwar. Therefore, it would be recorded on Monday, he said.
Sharma said his inquiry, under Section 176 of CrPC which covers death of a woman married for less than seven years, was to find out whether there was any foul play in Pushkar’s death.
Police would carry out their investigations. The SDM has prepared a list of examinees, whose statements would also be recorded on Monday. Sources in police said call detail records of Pushkar were also being checked as part of the probe into her sudden death.