Sunanda Pushkar’s body sent to AIIMS for postmortem

The body of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union minister Shashi Tharoor, was on Saturday shifted to the AIIMS for postmortem as police continued to probe various angles including suicide in the case.

Sources said a postmortem would be carried out around noon by a team of doctors and the report could be available later in the evening.

The body of 52-year-old Pushkar was taken from the Leela Palace Hotel to AIIMS at around 3:30am, sources said.
Meanwhile, Shashi Tharoor was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after he complained of uneasiness and chest pain. Tharoor was initially admitted to the ICU as a precautionary measure.

Pushkar, who was upset over an alleged extra-marital affair between her minister husband Shashi Tharoor and a Pakistani journalist, was found dead in the hotel on Friday night.

Police had on Friday night questioned a number of hotel staff and checked the CCTV footage of the lobby of the third floor of the luxury hotel where she was staying.

Sources in police said call details record of Pushkar was also being checked as part of the probe into her death.

–PTI