Viscera samples to be tested abroad

Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi said here on Tuesday that samples of the viscera of Sunanda Pushkar, who was allegedly poisoned to death, would have to be sent abroad to ascertain the quantity of poison.

“For sending the viscera samples outside India for tests, we are required to register a case which we have. Further, medical reports make it amply clear that it was a case of unnatural death and hence Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code has been invoked,” he said.

Sunanda, who was a Dubai-based entrepreneur before marrying Shashi Tharoor, MP, in 2010, was involved in a Twitter spat with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar a day before her death. She had accused Ms. Tarar of trying to create trouble in her marriage.

Key developments in Sunanda Pushkar's death case

 

AIIMS reserves comment on specific poison

“Listed among the possibility (of poison) is Polonium-210, a rare and highly radioactive isotope, which is hard to detect because all the radiation remains in the body. A lethal dose could be as little as a few milligrams, which could be administered as a powder or dissolved in liquid/drinks,” said the AIIMS report. >Read more…

'Death due to poison'

The final report, prepared by the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences after studying the viscera report, says Sunanda’s death was caused by “poison” and not by an “overdose of Alprax.” This contradicts the preliminary report, which said “Alprax” was detected in the body. >Read more…

Forensic scientist says death was self-induced

Eminent forensic scientist P. Chandrasekharan, who served as the principal scientific investigator in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, said the death of Sunanda Pushkar was “accidental and self-induced” >Read more…

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Shashi Tharoor refuses to comment on the case

Shashi Tharoor refused to comment on the controversy stirred by a senior AIIMS forensic doctor’s allegation that he was pressured to manipulate the post mortem report of Sunanda Pushkar >Read more…

Controversy over post mortem report

AIIMS forensic department head stuck to his controversial claim that he was pressurized to manipulate the post mortem report of Sunanda Pushkar >Read more…

Family sources open up on Sunanda's disposition before her death

Family sources told The Hindu that Sunanda Pushkar was deeply stressed after she dramatically tweeted messages suggesting a romantic relationship between her husband and Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar. >Read more…

Senior journalist Nalini Singh, who spoke to Sunanda hours before her death, said she was distraught by the fact that someone could go to a plush hotel in the capital and walk away after murdering a woman.