Source: hindustantimes.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arguing on the framing of charges against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with the death of his wife, Sunanda Pushkar, the Delhi police told a city court on Tuesday that Pushkar\u2019s body had 15 injury marks. These injuries were caused by the blunt force produced in a scuffle, police alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pushkar was found dead in a hotel room in south Delhi on January 17, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through its prosecutor, Atul Srivastava, Delhi Police informed the court that they have filed a charge sheet against Tharoor under section 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur case is of mental as well as physical cruelty committed towards the deceased [Pushkar] to compel her to take her life,\u201d Srivastava said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Responding to the submissions made in court, Tharoor\u2019s counsel, Vikas Pahwa, said, \u201cThe prosecutor has just started making the argument. Let him conclude, I will respond to each and every argument. He is only making selective reading at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tharoor has consistently denied all charges, calling them preposterous and motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On May 14 last year, Tharoor said in a tweet: \u201c I have taken note of the filing of this preposterous charge sheet &intend to contest it vigorously. No one who knew Sunanda believes she would ever have committed suicide, let alone abetment on my part…If this is conclusion arrived at after 4+ yrs of investigation it does not speak well of the methods or motivations of the Delhi Police….!\u201d<\/p>\n