Sunanda death case: Shashi Tharoor to appear in court today

July 07, 2018 09:41

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is expected to appear before a court in Delhi today in connection with his wife Sunanda Pushkar 's death case.

The court had summoned Tharoor after a 3000-page chargesheet was filed against him by the Special Investigation Team probing the case.

On Thursday, the court had granted the former Union minister protection from arrest in the case.

While granting him anticipatory bail, the court said Tharoor can't fly abroad without its permission.

Sunanda Pushkar, 51, was found dead in her suite at a five-star hotel in Delhi on January 17, 2014, two days after accusing her husband on social media of having an affair with a Pakistani journalist.

In his plea for anticipatory bail, Tharoor had submitted that the charge sheet in the case was filed and the Special Investigation Team (SIT) had categorically stated that the probe was concluded and that his custodial interrogation was not required.

Tharoor has been charged under Sections 498A (husband or his relative subjecting a woman to cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code, but has not been arrested in the case.

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