The Supreme Court on Friday asked Delhi police to reply to a petition filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy for an SIT probe into the death of Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.
A Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and A.M. Khanwilkar issued a notice to the police on Mr. Swamy’s plea. However the court left the question of maintainability of the petition open. In the previous hearing, the apex court had asked Mr. Swamy to address the Bench on his locus standi to seek such a probe.
Mr. Swamy had argued that it was in public interest to learn the truth behind the death. He submitted that he had filed many petitions in public interest involving politicians, including former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. “The autopsy report says it was an unnatural death. The FIR says it was a murder. Nothing has been done,” Mr. Swamy submitted.
