So, the mystery surrounding the death of Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Puskhar deepens.

Her family has now said they always knew she was poisoned to death.

Yesterday, a team of AIIMS doctors submitted a fresh report to police which said that she died of poisoning. Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi has, however, dismissed the report, saying no conclusions can be drawn from the report as yet.

Talking to a TV channel, Ashok Kumar, a cousin of Sunanda Pushkar, said that the family knew it wasn't a natural death, but had in fact been pre-planned.

The family also questioned why Tharoor went for the All India Congress Committee meeting when his wife was unwell at the Leela Hotel where they were staying. The cousin said CCTV evidence wasn't available since the cameras were not working, which was pre-planned.

Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in suite 345 of south Delhi's Leela hotel on January 17 this year. Her body was reportedly found by Tharoor around 8pm, when he returned to the hotel after attending a meeting of the All India Congress Committee meeting.