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I've kept half an eye on this as I've read a small chunk of Shashi Tharoor's journalistic output (couldn't stomach a whole book; he writes like a man who has learned lots of clever words and is determined to use them no matter what). That said, literary faults do not a murderer make, but are these charges and the long campaign that preceded them truly political in nature? There's a lot of missing detail about the precise nature of his wife's death and her behaviour beforehand; if anybody has seen any more iluminating reports I'd be interested to see them. One odd strand is that she accused Mehr Tarar, the Pakistani journalist she believed to be stalking her husband (more likely having an affair with) of being an ISI agent--and now she's dead.
Indian court formally charges Shashi Tharoor over wife's death
By Sugam Pokharel, CNN
Updated at 1210 GMT (2010 HKT) June 5, 2018
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https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/06/05/asia/india-tharoor-wife-suicide-intl/index.html
Indian court formally charges Shashi Tharoor over wife's death
By Sugam Pokharel, CNN
Updated at 1210 GMT (2010 HKT) June 5, 2018
Indian politician and writer Shashi Tharoor has been accused of abetting in his wife's 2014 suicide.
New Delhi (CNN) — An Indian court has formally charged Shashi Tharoor, one of India's most prominent politicians, for abetting his wife Sunanda Puskhar's suicide, his lawyer told CNN on Tuesday.
Vikas Pahwa said Tharoor had been ordered to attend a preliminary hearing on July 7.
No warrants have been issued, meaning Tharoor, a former top UN diplomat and best-selling author turned member of parliament for India's opposition Congress Party, doesn't currently face arrest. He is currently on a book tour in Britain.
Tharoor's wife's suicide in 2014 was a high-profile case which gripped the country.
Pushkar, 51, was found dead in her room in a luxury Delhi hotel, prompting frenzied media coverage and speculation about the cause of her death, which was initially labeled "unnatural" and "sudden" by doctors.
The couple had been married for less than seven years when she died, triggering an automatic investigation under Indian law, which resulted in police finally recommending charges against Tharoor in May.
Abetting a suicide carries a possible prison term of up to 10 years in India.
In a statement Tuesday, Tharoor said the charges were "preposterous and baseless, the product of a malicious and vindictive campaign against myself."
[DENIALS SNIPPED]
A few days before Puskhar's death, reports emerged alleging that Tharoor had had an affair with a journalist from Pakistan. Indian media reported that Pushkar had hacked into her husband's Twitter account and tweeted about the alleged affair.
The journalist in question dismissed the allegations. Tharoor and Pushkar also released a joint statement, saying that they were "happily married."
New Delhi (CNN) — An Indian court has formally charged Shashi Tharoor, one of India's most prominent politicians, for abetting his wife Sunanda Puskhar's suicide, his lawyer told CNN on Tuesday.
Vikas Pahwa said Tharoor had been ordered to attend a preliminary hearing on July 7.
No warrants have been issued, meaning Tharoor, a former top UN diplomat and best-selling author turned member of parliament for India's opposition Congress Party, doesn't currently face arrest. He is currently on a book tour in Britain.
Tharoor's wife's suicide in 2014 was a high-profile case which gripped the country.
Pushkar, 51, was found dead in her room in a luxury Delhi hotel, prompting frenzied media coverage and speculation about the cause of her death, which was initially labeled "unnatural" and "sudden" by doctors.
The couple had been married for less than seven years when she died, triggering an automatic investigation under Indian law, which resulted in police finally recommending charges against Tharoor in May.
Abetting a suicide carries a possible prison term of up to 10 years in India.
In a statement Tuesday, Tharoor said the charges were "preposterous and baseless, the product of a malicious and vindictive campaign against myself."
[DENIALS SNIPPED]
A few days before Puskhar's death, reports emerged alleging that Tharoor had had an affair with a journalist from Pakistan. Indian media reported that Pushkar had hacked into her husband's Twitter account and tweeted about the alleged affair.
The journalist in question dismissed the allegations. Tharoor and Pushkar also released a joint statement, saying that they were "happily married."
Full Article:
https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/06/05/asia/india-tharoor-wife-suicide-intl/index.html