Sunanda Pushkar case: FBI rules out radioactive poisoning

November 11, 2015 12:18

Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor, did not die due to poisoning by polonium or any other radioactive substance, the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States has concluded.

The FBI report sent to the Delhi Police says no radioactive substance has been found in her body. It is being examined by a special investigation team.

Sunanda, 51, was found dead at the luxurious Leela Hotel in Delhi in January 2014. For a year, her death was considered a case of suicide, but earlier this year the Delhi Police claimed that she was poisoned and registered a murder case against unknown persons.

Her viscera samples were sent to the FBI lab in Washington in February this year after a panel of doctors from Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences concluded that the poison could not be detected in Indian labs. The police has not named any suspects in the case but has questioned Tharoor multiple times.

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